Kozhikode: A man was injured after a petrol bomb was hurled at a jeep parked in front of Kozhikode Medical College in the wee hours of Tuesday, the police told Onmanorama.
Two men who arrived in a bike threw the bomb at the jeep parked in front of the casualty wing of the Kozhikode MCH. The taxi and ambulance drivers in the parking area doused the fire. The incident occurred at 2.30 am, and the injured person was admitted to the medical college hospital.
The attack followed a conflict between two criminal gangs in Poovattumparambil. Three people injured in the fight had been brought to the medical college for treatment in the jeep, sources said. The police have taken five people from both sides into custody.
The fight ensued after one of the gangs identified the accused in a case for the Kunnamangalam police. Earlier, they helped the accused get bail in a criminal case, they passed the information to the police after he went hiding and was subsequently arrested.
