Overview
- On December 15 at Ajmal Khan Park, a man filming reels was struck on the head with a broken beer bottle and was treated for grievous injuries at a Karol Bagh hospital.
- An FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including attempted murder, was registered at DBG Road police station the same day.
- Investigators recovered a bottle fragment with a barcode, traced it to a nearby wine shop, and used CCTV to identify a scooter linked to the suspects.
- Police arrested Hammad alias Rizwan, 22, Kamran alias Sarim, 24, and Farzan, 24, on December 18, and said the trio confessed during interrogation; the bottle used in the attack was recovered.
- According to police, the clash began after a request for a matchbox led to a confrontation, and Hammad is described as a repeat offender with about 20 prior FIRs.