The cases included four physical assaults and one incident in which a firecracker allegedly burst inside a house after landing through a window, injuring a woman. Nagpur: Firecracker celebrations turned violent at five locations across the city on Sunday night, leaving nine people injured within just two hours.
Ashwajit Sahare (35) was stabbed while bursting firecrackers outside his house at Gautam Nagar in Mecosabagh, under Jaripatka police station limits around 10pm. In Jagdish Nagar under Gittikhadan police station limits, Ravindra Getme (34) was allegedly assaulted after his father objected to two men bursting firecrackers outside their house.
Cops said Bhaisare has several criminal cases against him. The accused, Akshay Bhaisare, allegedly abused Sahare before attacking him with a knife. One accused held Getme while the other struck him with a cement brick. Another attack occurred near Reshimbagh Chowk Maidan under Kotwali police station limits, where four unidentified men, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, attacked three youths with a pickaxe.