Group assaults youth at Vittla
Old enmity suspected
Bantwala, September 14: Following an old enmity, a group of people attacked a youth with sword and iron rod and attempted to kill him, at Kelaginapete of Kanyana in Vittla on Friday.
The victim is identified as Navaf (23), son of Hameed of Mittanadka in Karopady village. Navaf is working in Kerala and recently, he has come to his village. In order to get his school certificate, he has come to Kanyana city. When he was standing on the roadside on his two-wheeler, the group which came on a car from Kerala side, attacked on him. When Navaf tried to escape, the team chased him and attacked. As locals gathered, the accused fled the scene, said in a police complaint.
Navaf was admitted to Wenlock Hospital for treatment. Following old enmity, Ikku alias Iqbal of Kanyana, Haris of Kerala and two others from Kerala attacked him, he said in the complaint.
Vittla police visited the spot and investigating.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
