Two individuals were arrested by the Haryana police on Friday, in connection with the alleged assault on a Sikh man in Kaithal who had claimed that he was thrashed and called a "Khalistani" by the assailants.
Those arrested have been identified as Ishu, a resident of Singwal village in Jind, and Sunil, a resident of Shergarh village, Superintendent of Police, Kaithal, Upasana told reporters. Both the accused are aged around 30 and were apprehended from Pega village of Jind district, she said.
During preliminary interrogation of the accused, it has come to the fore that Ishu, who is in the finance business, faces two cases under the Arms Act, she said, adding Sunil is a taxi driver.
After the incident on Monday evening, Kaithal police formed a five-member Special Investigation Team to probe the incident, and the arrests were made based on various inputs collected by the SIT.
Police previously announced a reward of Rs 10,000 for information leading to the duo's arrest.
"They abused me and called me a Khalistani. One person got down from the motorcycle and hit me with bricks," the victim Sukhwinder Singh, who was hospitalised, had told reporters on Tuesday.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the Congress, and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) condemned the incident and called for immediate action against the culprits.
According to the police complaint, the victim was waiting at a railway-level crossing in Kaithal when the incident took place on Monday evening.
As the gates opened and traffic started moving, the man argued with two motorcycle-borne youths. The matter escalated and a fight broke out between them.
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