Chandigarh: Friends fight while smoking, one stabbed

CHANDIGARH: Police arrested a man for allegedly stabbing his friend at Bapu Dham, Sector 26, on Tuesday night. Manimajra resident Umang Sharma was booked for attempt to murder.

Manish Verma

, the injured, is admitted to PGI. He is out of danger.

Arun Verma

, the victim’s brother, said he was standing with Manish outside a dhaba in Manimajra, when

Sharma

asked them to accompany him to Sector 22 market to buy a mobile at 9 pm. Both brothers sat on his scooter. As they reached near Bapu Dham, Sharma stopped. While Manish and Sharma were smoking on the roadside, both entered into a heated argument, Arun alleged. Sharma took out a sharp-edged weapon from his pocket and stabbed Manish in his stomach.