12 booked for firing at Vishal Mega Mart
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Firing at Vishal Mega Mart: Accused still at large
Our Correspondent
Tarn Taran, March 26
Around 12 armed persons opened firing at the entrance of Vishal Mega Mart here on Thursday evening. The incident was the result of a verbal duel over shopping between one of the accused and staff of the Mart that took place in the morning. Though nobody was injured in firing, it created panic in the mart.
The mart is situated right in front of the SSP’s residence and on the main road passing through the town.
A police party, headed by DSP (City) Sucha Singh Bal, reached the spot and after watching the footage of CCTV cameras installed in the Mart, they recognised two of the attackers — Jaideep Singh of Palasaur and Sanny of Dial Rajputan. Their 10 other unidentified accomplices are yet to be identified.
Jaideep Singh along with his family members had gone to the Mart for shopping in the morning where he had a verbal duel with a salesman. He left the place and came to the Mart again in the evening along with his armed supporters on a Pajero and other vehicles and fired at the glass main gate of the Mart.
The DSP said on the statement of Arwind Kumar, manager of the Mart, the police registered a case under Sections 307, 506, 427, 148 and 149 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act. He said none of the accused had been arrested though raids were being conducted at the possible hideouts of the accused.
Jaideep Singh, main accused in the case, was booked in three different criminal cases.
