Retired Army officer involved in multi-crore housing scam litigation assaulted in UP's Meerut

MEERUT (UP): (Apr 16) A 70-year-old retired Army officer, a key witness in an alleged multi-crore housing scam, was brutally assaulted during his morning walk here on Wednesday, police said.

The victim, Colonel (retd) Surendra Pal Singh, a resident of Defense Colony area, was allegedly intercepted by attackers in a white car around 6 am.

According to the FIR, the assailants attempted to strangle him with a scarf before repeatedly striking his head, face, and legs with a hammer. The attackers then fled the scene leaving the septuagenarian injured.