5 held for firing at village house

The police have claimed to arrest five persons in the case of firing at a house in village Dhada Khurd.

DSP Jaspreet Singh told mediapersons that the police had received a report that bullets had been fired at the house of Tarsem Singh in village Dhada Khurd. When the police party reached the spot, Parminder Singh alias Pindri, a resident of Dhada Khurd, told him that on the evening of September 12, he was present in his house and heard the sound of vehicles stopping outside the house. When he went outside and looked, he saw Jatinder Singh, alias Sonu Bhalwan of village Cheta, Bindi of village Achharwal and Gurjit Singh of village Bharowal came out holding sharp-edged weapons. Jatinder Singh and Gurjit started firing towards his house. When complainant's relative Didar Singh asked him not to do so, the accused beat him up and one of them shot Didar Singh on his right thigh. A case was registered at Mahilpur police station.

DSP Jaspreet Singh said Harvinder, Davinder, Jatinder, Manjit and Bhupinder had been arrested. A country-made pistol of .32 bore and cars have been recovered from them.