UK-returned youth attacked in Ahmedabad, probe on

A youth in Ahmedabad’s Shahpur was attacked with knives by unknown assailants, as per a complaint filed at Shahpur police station.

The victim, Nihal Patel, has been a UK resident for the past four years. He returned to Ahmedabad on December 5. Since his father was unwell, he was managing their paan shop for the past two days.

On the night of the incident, Nihal was cleaning the shop. When he did not return home by morning, his father called him up, but an unknown person answered the phone. 

The individual informed him that his son was lying in a pool of blood near Cama Hotel, and then hung up. Moments later, the caller called back, confessed to injuring Nihal, and challenged the father saying. "Do whatever you can" and then again hung up the call.

The family immediately rushed to the location and took Nihal to the hospital for treatment. 

The police have registered the complaint against an unknown person and have initiated a search.

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