A 39 year old scientist in Indian Institute of Science Eductaion and Research died on Tuesday night after an assault by his neighbour when dispute over pakrking turns in to tradegy.
Abhishek Swarnkar who was a native of Jharkhand had worked abroad earlier but returned to India due to his health issues. He had undergone a kidney transplant recently and he was on dialysis. He was the only brother of two sisters and one of that married sisters had donated a kidney to him.
He was living in a rented house in Mohali with his parents. His parents has accused neighbour Monty who worked in IT form of brutally attacking him despite knowing his health condition. This whole incident was captured on CCTV.
According to police this incident happened around 8:30 PM. Witnesses said Monty first abused him and then throws him on ground and punched him repeatedly.
Accoridng to one of witness Roma she said she heared loud shouting and noises and she rushed outside and saw Monty attacking Abhishek and punching him in the chest while he lay on ground. And when Abhishek lost his consciousness Monty panicked and rushed him to hospital and while taking him to hospital he hit a car but Doctor declaired Abhishek dead on arrival.
Station house officer Gagandeep said that case has been registered after the complaint of family. On thursday An autopsy will be conducted and appropriate legal action will be taken,
IISER has expressed deep sorrow over Abhishek death they said “We have lost a brilliant mind”