4 booked for assault, firing

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 24

Three youth fired at a car near Ansal city on the GT Road on January 22. The occupants of the car had a narrow escape and the incident led to panic in the area.

Following a complaint lodged by Gurnoor Singh of Meharbanpura village, the police have booked three persons, including Mehtab Singh of Khassan village (Kapurthala), now residing at Bhorsi Rajputa village.

Gurnoor stated to the police that on January 22 he had gone to Khalsa College to get some information related to a computer course. He said Mehtab quarreled with his cousin Manmohit Singh at the college gate. The complainant said a passerby got the matter settled.

Gurnoor said in the evening, when he along with his mother Harjit Kaur and cousin Gurtaj Singh, was going to take medicine in a car, the accused intercepted them near Ansal city.

He said Mehtab, who was having a pistol, was accompanied by three unknown persons. He alleged the accused damaged windows of their car with a baseball bat. The complainant said he sped away from the spot following which the accused fired two bullets at their car.

The police have registered a case under Sections 336, 341, 427, 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54, 59 of the Arms Act against Mehtab and his accomplices.

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