Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- One of the assailants in the recent twin firing case was allegedly attacked by three inmates inside the Model Jail, Burail, on Friday morning over an old rivalry.

According to police, Ritvik Bhardwaj, 26, was brought to the jail recently after his police remand in the September 26 Kajheri hotel firing case ended. The accused, along with another assailant, had also opened fire outside a gym in Mohali the same morning, leaving the gym owner injured.

Bhardwaj told police that on October 3, around 11.15 am, while he was on his way to the jail dispensary for a medical check-up, he was intercepted near the main gate of the dispensary by inmates Rajat Tiwari, Sunny, and Sukhwinder Singh. He alleged that Sunny attacked him...