Salon owner shot at in Machhiwara

Unidentified assailants opened fire at a Salon owner in Machhiwara on Thursday night. The suspects approached the victim in a filmy style, slowed down the car and fired at him. After which, he raised the alarm. As people gathered around the scene, the miscreants fled the place.

The victim saved his life by barging into some house and later he was shifted to a hospital for treatment.

After getting information, DSP Karamjit Singh, along with the SHO, Machiwara, reached the scene.

The complainant, Roshan Lal, a resident of Bajigar Mohalla, Machhiwara, told the police that he runs a salon, Roshan Hair Salon, near the Machhiwara bus stand. On October 30, around 9:28 pm, when he was going to check his car parked near this house, a white car came from the Baba Balak Nath Temple side and stopped near him.

“A person sitting in the vehicle told me to give way to the car and when I asked him what happened, he took out a revolver and opened fire with the intention of killing me. The bullet hit below my stomach. I tried to escape by entering a house and saved my life. People from my neighbourhood came to the place and took me to the Civil Hospital, Machhiwara. A doctor gave me first aid and sent me to the Civil Hospital, Samrala, and from there, I was further referred to GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, where I am still undergoing treatment,” the complainant said.

Khanna DSP Karamjit Singh Grewal said the CCTV footage of the incident was recovered and the same was being reviewed.

“The vehicle number is also being traced and soon the suspects will be nabbed. So far, it is a blind case,” he said.