Firing at house in Lakhowal village suspected to be mistaken identity case

The investigation in the case involving indiscriminate firing at the house of a cold storage manager at Lakhowal village suspected to be the case of mistaken identity. The suspect who fired at the main gate of the house was reportedly heavily drunk. Preliminary investigation by the police found that the suspect had reportedly come to target another house and he mistakenly targeted a wrong house. The police said once the suspect was arrested, truth will come out.

The police probe also found that only one suspect came in the car and after firing indiscriminately at the house, he fled the scene in the vehicle. The car of the suspect was also captured in CCTV cameras, which also helped the police in identifying the suspect.

The incident occurred around 9 pm on November 8 when the assailant came in a Maruti Swift car and rained bullets at the main gate of the house belonging to Satwant Singh. Occupants of the house were inside during the incident. However, Satwant’s minor son Jobanpreet, who came behind the main gate suffered minor injury on his leg as a bullet brushed past the boy’s leg.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Inderjit Singh said the police had already identified the suspect, who belong to a neighbouring village, and even his whereabouts was also identified. The suspect had been hiding at some undisclosed location and a police team was continuing a search operation to nab him.

“Initial investigation of the police has found that the suspect had no enmity with the house owner. It could be a case of mistaken identity as the suspect might had to target some other house but as he was in an inebriated state, he opened fire at the wrong house. Let the police arrest the suspect and truth behind the incident would come out,” he said.

The ACP said the suspect had alone come in the car and after opening the fire he fled the scene. Even a licensed weapon was suspected to be used in the incident.