Police register case on complaint of Ashok Tanwar's supporters

A day after Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar was injured in a clash between two factions of state Congress, his supporters lodged a police complaint against workers of the rival group led by former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
"On a complaint by Tanwar's supporters, a caseunder sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 34 IPC (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) has been registered at the Tilak Marg police station," said a senior police officer.
Tanwar's supporters protested outside the police station and called for an FIR to be registered.

In a written complaint, Navdeep Singh Dalal, one of Tanwar's supporters, alleged that Satish Rathi, Kala and Wazir, PSOs of Hooda, Satyawan, Ramkishan and former MLA Dharampal attacked them with lathis yesterday.
The incident occurred yesterday around 5.30 pm before Gandhi's 'Deoria to Delhi Kisan yatra' was supposed to reach Bhairon Mandir.
Meanwhile, security at the RML Hospital where Tanwar is till admitted, has been increased.

"There was an argument between his supporters and hospital authorities, following which number of bouncers deployed there has been increased," sources said.
"Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar late tonight also visited Tanwar who was been admitted in the ECS unit of the hospital," a senior official of RML said.

Supporters ofHooda and Tanwar allegedly attacked each other with sticks over mounting of posters and banners of their respective leaders and Tanwar sustained injuries in his head and other parts of the body.
Tanwar's other supporters were also injured and were administered first-aid at the hospital.
The incident brought to the fore the differences between different factions of the party and is likely to have political repercussions.