Later, there was heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces in the village and around the hospital where armed supporters from both the sides gathered in large numbers.
The doctors, attending to the injured, said they were out of danger, and two of them -- Amrik Singh and Bog Singh -- were referred to a hospital in Patiala “on request”. The Mansa police have registered a case under Sections 307, 148, 149 and 324 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). against as many as 18 persons.