NAGPUR: A 44-year-old man was allegedly injured after being attacked with a wooden stick near his left eye when he confronted his 18-year-old niece and two of her male friends over their conduct in public in the Pratap Nagar area of Nagpur. The incident also allegedly involved an assault on the man’s wife.

According to the police complaint, the man was returning home with his wife after attending a haldi ceremony at around 11.30 pm on October 24 when they spotted two young men standing near a house in Bandu Soni Layout, near Pratap Nagar. One of the men was allegedly talking to and embracing the complainant’s 18-year-old niece.

When the complainant objected to the situation, the niece and the two young men allegedly assaulted his wife with fists and blows. As the 44-year-old man intervened to protect his wife, one of the youths allegedly struck him near his left eye with a wooden stick, causing injuries.

The accused allegedly also hit the complainant’s wife on her hand before fleeing the spot on a motorcycle.

The injured man was subsequently taken to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur, for treatment.

Pratap Nagar police registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The accused had not been arrested at the time of the report, and further investigation is underway.