Gurgaon: Five persons were arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a BJP councillor and his father with sharp-edged weapons, hockey sticks and a pistol butt during a meeting called to discuss a marital dispute at his in-laws’ house in Silokhra.Pratham Vashishth, a resident of Greenwood City in Sector 45 and councillor from ward 14, told police that he and his father, Praveen Chandra Vashishth, had gone to his in-laws’ house around 11am on Friday following a call from his father-in-law, Satbir Sharma, the previous day.Pratham married Satbir’s daughter, Toshiba, in Feb 2022. She has been living with her parents since Oct 2025. According to the complaint, Satbir had called Praveen on Nov 12 to discuss the marital dispute. The two families subsequently met at his house the following morning.Pratham alleged that an argument broke out during the discussion, following which Satbir and others attacked them. Satbir allegedly struck him on the head with the butt of a pistol, while the others assaulted him with sharp-edged weapons and hockey sticks. He suffered injuries to the head, hands and legs. His father was also allegedly struck on the head with a stick.The complainant further alleged that the attackers threatened to kill them and took away his mobile phone. He managed to call the police emergency number 112 using another person’s phone while on his way to hospital.The injured men were first taken to Mayom Hospital and later referred to Artemis Hospital for further treatment.Police spokesperson Sandeep Turan said an FIR was registered at Sector 40 police station under sections 190 and 191(3) of BNS (unlawful assembly and rioting with deadly weapons), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 351(3) (criminal intimidation involving threats to cause death or grievous hurt) and 118(1) (causing hurt with dangerous weapons).The five arrested men were identified as Satbir Sharma (57), Praveen Sharma (53), Deepankar Sharma (22), Paras Sharma (31) and Deepak Sharma (36), all residents of Silokhra.During preliminary questioning, the accused told police that the families had gathered to resolve the marital dispute when an argument escalated into the assault.
