Chandigarh: A 15-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after being stabbed by three youths while returning home from a religious gathering in Mauli Jagran on Thursday night.The boy, Aryan of Charan Singh Colony, with injured abdomen and hands, was admitted to Govt Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, where his condition stabilised. The Mauli Jagran police said formal statement recording and further action await medical clearance.Eyewitness Dinesh Verma reported hearing a commotion outside his home around 11pm. Upon investigating, he observed several teenagers fleeing the scene and found Aryan lying injured on the road. Verma contacted emergency services, and a police control room vehicle transported the teenager to hospital.Preliminary investigations indicate three assailants attacked the teenager with knives. The motive remains unclear. The assault occurred hours after another knife attack in Chandigarh on Thursday night, in which eight to 10 youths had killed 17-year-old Lalit at Radhey Market in Sector 41 on his way home from a Ramleela.The Sector 39 police have arrested a juvenile in connection with that fatal stabbing.
