Clash over polls lands 2 Cong workers in Morbi hospital

Rajkot: A Congress worker Kanu Ladva and his brother Hari were attacked by eight unidentified men in Morbi on Monday evening. The attack was fall out of an altercation of Kanu with one of BJP’s a candidate contesting for a seat in Morbi municipality Deva Avadiya, said police.
According to sources, the unidentified men barged into the brothers’ Vavdi road house and attacked them with sticks and iron pipes.Some of the accused also had sharp-edged weapons, said sources.
The police are yet to register an FIR. It said that it is recording the victim’s statement. However, sources claimed that both Knau and Hari has suffered severe injuries and were shifted to Rajkot civil hospital for further treatment.
Earlier, the altercation between Kanu and Avadiya had ended in fisticuffs. A video of the incident too had gone viral. In the video the two are seen having a heated argument over campaign and filing nomination before they both started punching and kicking each other.
The police on duty intervene and thereafter they both settled issue and refused to file a police complaint. The police are investigating the incident.