Ludhiana, May 9 -- Food delivery workers thrashed four men while accusing them of planning to rob one of them in Dugri on Friday. They were handed over to the police but the latter maintained that the suspects were assaulted without concrete evidence of their involvement in any crime.

The incident took place near Jain Mandir in Dugri during the early hours. According to delivery workers, their colleague Manjot, alias Goldy, was allegedly being followed by a group of men "planning" to rob him.

Mohammad Talib, alias Guddu, a food delivery worker, said that around 40 delivery workers operating during night hours had formed a WhatsApp group for safety. He said that at around 2 am, Goldy made a conference call with the group to inform that h...