his home. “On Friday night, Rajat and two of his friends were having soft drinks at the market around midnight. Standing close to them were two other men, Lokesh and Vipin. The latter owns a paan shop in the market,” Gaurav Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (outer north), said.

The police said that the problem started when Gaurav, Prince and Sachin—all three of them allegedly drunk at the time—rode into the market on a Royal Enfield motorcycle and asked Vipin for paan. Since Vipin had already downed his shutters, he refused to oblige the trio. That allegedly led to the trio abusing and hitting him.

“The man (Vipin) was repeatedly slapped; he begged Rajat for help. Rajat intervened and asked the trio to let go of the man, but GauravChris Graham of Union of Fans has been appointed as a non-executive director of Rangers.

His appointment follows an announcement from the Ibrox club that Derek Llambias, Sandy Easdale and Barry Leach have been suspended from Rangers - while a resolution is prepared that aims to remove them as directors.

Former chief executive Llambias and finance director Leach exited The Rangers Football Club plc board as directors after a landslide victory by Dave King and his allies at an extraordinary general meeting on Friday.

The decision to appoint Graham appears to be an indication of how the current board of Rangers International Football Club plc want to have fans represented at the highest level of the club.

The 38-year-old who also acts as Rangers Supporters Trust spokesman is joined on the board