Panchkula, Sept. 16 -- A 40-year-old lecturer from the physical education department at Government College, Sector 1, was brutally attacked with sticks and a cricket bat while on his way to college from his home in Dhakoli, Zirakpur, on Monday morning.

The incident took place around 8.35 am in Baltana, close to the Panchkula border, when the lecturer, identified as Parveen Kumar, was driving his car. He sustained serious injuries on his head, face, right hand, right leg, and other parts of the body. He was rushed to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, Chandigarh, for treatment.

According to Kumar, the assailants, aged between 20 and 25 years, came in a grey-coloured car and attacked him with sticks and a cricket b...