Powai Police

Youth Congress

Tevar

Rahul Kadam

have arrested aworker from Bhandup for injuring a student with a sharp weapon on Saturday night. Raja, 29, who is the president of Youth Congress, Bhandup taluka, allegedly picked a fight with a student,, 23, at the IIT Market Junction in Powai. Both were in an inebriated state at the time of the incident, police said.Tevar allegedly called his associates and assaulted Kadam with a sharp-edged weapon. Kadam was hit in the stomach and back. He was taken to Mahatma Phule Hospital, Vikhroli, and was later shifted to Hiranandani Hospital, Powai, where his condition is stated to be critical. “Raja Tevar was arrested in the wee hours of Sunday morning under Section 324 of the IPC (causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means). He will be produced in court on Monday,” said senior police officials from Powai police station. Tevar’s accomplices are absconding, and cops are on the lookout for them.Police said Tevar is a history sheeter and has several cases pending against him. In the past too, similar incidents have been reported from Powai. Drug addicts had stopped pedestrians and assaulted them with choppers on New Year’s Eve last year. No arrests have been made so far in the case. Similarly, a group of four people attacked the son of a journalist while he was returning home from school.