Chandigarh Sector 33 firing: Youth sent to police remand for 5 days

Chandigarh, June 7

A 23-year-old youth arrested for the Sector 33 firing incident was produced before the duty magistrate, who sent him to five-day police remand.

The suspect, Karan Sharma, a resident of Ludhiana, who is pursuing a course in hotel management from a private university, was arrested by the crime branch on Saturday. Karan was one of the assailants who had opened fire at the hotelier’s house on May 31.

The police are conducting raids to nab other assailants involved in the crime.

Police sources said they were verifying the information given by Sewak, alias Guri, who had provided the car used in the crime to the assailants, with the disclosures by Karan.

The police said the weapons used in the crime were yet to be recovered.

Meanwhile, the application for Dipu Banur’s production warrant will be taken up in the court on Monday. Dipu, who is presently lodged at the Ambala jail, had asked Karan to meet Sewak. The assailants had opened indiscriminate fire at businessman and hotelier Rakesh Singla’s house in Sector 33 on May 31. At least 17 bullets were fired at the house. — TNS

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