Chandigarh, June 18 -- A 25-year-old auto driver was brutally stabbed with knives by his two acquaintances who chased him from Zirakpur to Tribune Chowk in Chandigarh's Industrial Area, Phase 2, on Monday.

The accused have been identified as Varun and Nikhil. The victim, Gurmeet Singh, alias Gyani, of Phase 1, Ram Darbar, is undergoing treatment at GMCH, Sector 32.

Gurmeet in his complaint to the police said that the incident occurred around 4.45 am. He had just stopped at a roadside dhaba in Zirakpur after dropping a passenger, when the duo, who are also his acquaintances, approached him. "They started threatening me, saying I wanted to become a hero in Ram Darbar and that they will not spare me today," Gurmeet told police.

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