In Ludhiana, a man is attacked, his hand is severed, and the attackers send the limb—carried in a bag—to a shopkeeper with instructions connected to the victim’s family. Multiple outlets report that the attackers instruct the shopkeeper to pass the bag on after the assault.
Times of India adds that the attack happens while the victim is visiting a friend’s house in the Daba area, and that the victim’s friend is also injured. It reports police believe the violence stems from personal enmity between individuals. NDTV similarly focuses on the murder and the instruction to the shopkeeper, while India Today leads with the most graphic detail of the hand being cut off and delivered in an envelope.
