NAGPUR: Seven persons have been booked for allegedly assaulting a 22-year-old man with wooden sticks and fists after he confronted one of them over the alleged harassment of his friend’s sister in the Pardi area of Nagpur.

According to police, the incident took place in front of the complainant’s residence in Bhavani Nagar, under the jurisdiction of Pardi police station on November 2, between 11.30 pm and 11.35 pm.

The complainant learnt from his friend that one of the accused, identified as Jaykumar alias Jitu Manwar Kosre, had allegedly been harassing his sister. The complainant subsequently confronted Kosre and tried to warn him against troubling the woman.

Angered by the confrontation, Kosre allegedly summoned six others to the complainant’s residence. The group allegedly assembled unlawfully, hurled obscene abuses at the complainant and assaulted him with wooden sticks and fists, leaving him injured.

The injured man was taken to Mayo Hospital for treatment. Based on his complaint, Pardi police registered a case against seven accused under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The accused have been identified as Krishna Gopal Yadav, a resident of Durganagar near Govind Lawn in Bharatwada; Jaykumar alias Jitu Manwar Kosre, a resident of Shyam Nagar in Pardi; Rohit alias Natkhat Omprakash Kaushale, a resident of Bharatwada near M R Celebration; Akash Ganesh Shahu and Sameer alias Mithu Pardeshi Maheshwari, both residents of Talmale Layout in Om Nagar, Kalamna; Karan, a resident of Chikhali in Pardi; and Devarada Kilaram Kosre, a resident of Kalamna.

Police have registered a case under Sections 118(1), 189(2), 190, 191(2), 351(3), 115(2) and 296 of the BNS, as mentioned in the police record. Further investigation is underway.