Woman shot near MLA’s residence in Kapurthala

Panic gripped the area near MLA Rana’s residence in Kapurthala late Thursday evening after three youths on a motorcycle opened fire at a woman, leaving her injured. The victim, identified as 35-year-old Manpreet Kaur, a resident of Aujla Road, was rushed to the Civil Hospital with the help of a PCR team. Her condition is said to be stable.

According to police, the incident occurred around 5.30 pm when Manpreet Kaur was returning home from work. As she passed a short distance ahead of MLA Rana’s house, three men on a bullet motorcycle approached her and fired shots. A bullet pierced through her thigh before the assailants fled the scene.

On receiving information, PCR in-charge Charanjit Singh and his team reached the spot and shifted the injured woman to the hospital. DSP (Sub-Division) Sheetal Singh, who also arrived at the site, confirmed that the victim had sustained a gunshot wound to her thigh and that her condition was stable.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman had been living separately from her husband for several years and had an ongoing dispute with a man named Suraj Thapar. In her statement to the police, Manpreet alleged that it was Suraj Thapar, a resident of Daburji village, who fired at her.