An argument over smoking inside a shared apartment turned violent after an Artificial Intelligence (AI) engineer allegedly attacked two roommates with a knife at a high-rise residential complex in Sector 86 in Mohali, on Wednesday evening, leaving both men with multiple injuries.
Tomar, who worked from home as an AI engineer, had moved into the apartment around four months ago through a mutual reference. Moga and Verma had repeatedly objected to him smoking indoors and had asked him to stop. The incident took place around 7.30 pm on Wednesday, when Moga was sitting in Verma’s room and working on his laptop.
The three men had been living together for several months and shared the rent equally, according to the complaint filed by Moga. Tomar entered the room carrying a knife and attacked Moga, slashing him on the neck, according to the complaint. The assault followed a dispute over Tomar’s habit of smoking cigarettes inside the apartment, according to Moga.
The complaint states that the issue had led to friction among the roommates before the confrontation on Wednesday.
