Prayagraj: Khuldabad police has arrested five persons including a corporator in connection with the assault on Jal Sansthan General Manager Harishchandra Valmiki who was attacked in the night on December 25. It is alleged that the corporator Vinod Sonkar who is also a history sheeter barged inside the house of the official with his accomplices and attacked him.
SHO Khuldabad inspector Vinit Singh said that corporator Vinod Sonkar, Anoop Srivastava, Tufail Ahmad, Guddu Vishwakarma and Ajay Hela were arrested late Saturday night. One Dilip Bhartiya who is a suspended employee of water works conspired the assault with Vinod Sonkar who has around 20 cases lodged against him.