11 firing incidents in 18 months in Chandigarh

Amit Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 11

The City Beautiful has witnessed a sudden rise in shooting incidents during the past 18 months. Eleven shooting incidents, including six killings, have been reported exposing the deteriorating law and order situation in the city.

Gangsters from adjoining states have been fearlessly targeting their rivals in Chandigarh. Shooters have been found moving around the city with no fear of the UT police.

The murder of Gurlal Brar, who was an acquaintance of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, is a grim reminder of the city turning into a safe place for carrying out attack on rivals.

In May this year, five assailants had fired shots at hotelier Rakesh Singla’s house in Sector 33. The assailants had come looking for Rakesh’s brother Arvind Singla, a liquor baron. The attack was allegedly a handiwork of the Bishnoi gang.

Two days later, assailants of the Bishnoi gang opened fire at a liquor vend in Sector 9.

Earlier in March, Surjit Singh, a bouncer-turned-financier, was shot dead in his car by miscreants in Sector 38 (West). In December last year, two students were shot at their rented accommodation in Sector 15. Members of the Bishnoi gang were allegedly behind the double murder. Rajbir Singh, alias Sonu Shah, a financier who had a criminal past, was shot by inside his office at Burail in September last year. The murder was allegedly committed at the behest of Bishnoi. 

Criminals shoot at will

2020

• June 2 Two assailants open indiscriminate fire at employees of a liquor store in Sector 9, leaving three injured
• May 31 Five assailants come looking for a liquor contractor and fire 17 shots on his brother’s house in Sector 33
• March 16 Bouncer-turned-financier Surjit Singh shot dead by motorcycle-borne miscreants at Sector 38 (West)
• February 12 SUV-borne miscreants fire gunshots into the air following a quarrel with another group at Mani Majra
• January 10 Four persons open fire outside the GMCH-32

2019

• December 18 Two college students shot dead at their rented accommodation in Sector 15
• November 30 Two assailants fire eight bullets at the wall and the door of a nightclub in Sector 26, as they are stopped by a bouncer at the entrance
• September 28 Sonu Shah, a financier, shot dead by four assailants at his office in Burail
• September 4 A 26-year-old youth, a murder accused, shot by four assailants at Sector 17
• March 6 A 24-year-old former student leader killed at a flat in Sector 49