Mohali, May 15 -- Three unidentified persons have been booked for allegedly assaulting and hurling casteist remarks at retired IAS officer and Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) SC Morcha president SR Laddhar while he was campaigning for his son in Mohali's Sector 77 on Thursday morning.

According to the complaint lodged at Sohana police station, the incident occurred around 7 am when Laddhar was conducting door-to-door campaigning for his son, Gautam Girish Laddhar, who is contesting the municipal corporation elections from Ward 40.

Laddhar alleged that while his team was distributing campaign pamphlets near house number 489 in Sector 77, a resident objected to the campaigning, leading to an argument. He claimed the man, along with tw...