In Ludhiana's Daba area, a man identified by police as Dalvir Singh alias Kaka allegedly assaulted his former mother-in-law, Jassi, at Pamma Market in Guru Nanak Nagar while she was waiting to board an auto-rickshaw to go to work, according to reports by NDTV and Jagran.

According to the reports, the accused allegedly approached her carrying a weapon, twisted her arm and broke one of her fingers. When his former wife Kamalpreet Kaur arrived to protect her mother, he allegedly assaulted and abused her as well. The family has alleged that he also threatened to kill their eight-year-old son.

When local residents gathered and tried to stop him, the accused allegedly got into his silver sedan and drove into the crowd, running over two men who had intervened. The sequence was captured on video and has been widely shared.

Police have said the accused is out on bail in a murder case. The reports did not state whether he had been arrested in connection with this fresh incident at the time of publication.

Sources: NDTV report carried by Jagran (The Daily Jagran); AirNews. (Editorial illustration)