Ahmedabad: A 51-year-old chartered accountant was allegedly assaulted by a fellow CA at a GIFT Metropolis membership on Thursday night over a dispute linked to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) central council election. The sufferer suffered a head damage and required three stitches, police mentioned.Dabhoda police registered a case of inflicting harm and prison intimidation. The complainant, Bishan Shah, who has a chartered accountancy follow in Navrangpura, alleged that Purushottam Khandelwal, confronted him on the GIFT Metropolis Membership round 7.30pm. Shah was attending a CFO Elevate 2.0 assembly as a nominee of the Gandhinagar department and had stepped out of the assembly corridor to the second-floor balcony when Khandelwal approached him.In accordance with Shah’s grievance, Khandelwal questioned him over not supporting his marketing campaign within the election and allegedly started abusing him. When Shah objected, Khandelwal allegedly punched and kicked him, the grievance states.Shah additional alleged that in the course of the scuffle, Khandelwal pulled his legs, inflicting him to fall. He suffered a head damage and began bleeding. He alleged that Khandelwal threatened him once more as he left the venue for therapy.Shah first acquired therapy on the membership earlier than going to KD Hospital in Ahmedabad, the place he acquired three stitches for the top damage. Police sources mentioned Shah had initially alleged a extra severe offence, together with an try on his life, however the registered case was restricted to inflicting harm and prison intimidation following intervention by members of the CA fraternity.Khandelwal is a central council member of ICAI, whereas Shah is the secretary of ICAI western area.
