A 42-year-old man was attacked by five persons including a woman over collection of shop rent at DK Towers under Piplani police station area on Saturday.
According to the police, the victim, Shrikant Malashi was attacked by Amar Singh Chouhan, his wife, son and two others.
The injured victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was reportedly stable.
In the initial investigation, it was found that Shrikant took shop on rent owned by Amar and the two were having issue over rent as the victim had not paid rent and owner was demanding rent.
During the lockdown as the shop was shut the two agreed for non payment of rent and settlement was done. The victim failed to pay for the last two months which the issue which gave rise to dispute between the two. On Saturday Amar along with his family and two others reached the shop and asked for rent which Shrikant refused to pay and the two engaged in fight. The victim was injured badly before the locals could come to pacify the fight.
The accused threw his goods out of the shop, as they wanted the victim to vacate the shop. The victim failed to pay the rent after the agreed period of no-rent.
The victim lodged a complaint with Piplani police and based on the complaint and after the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case five accused and have started further investigation. The accused are yet to be arrested, said police.