Amritsar: Unidentified persons opened fire outside JD Red Gym in the Mehta area of Amritsar district early on Monday morning, NDTV reported. No casualties were reported in the firing.

Source: NDTV

Police recovered three empty bullet shells from the spot, launched an investigation and are scanning CCTV footage to identify the accused, NDTV reported. Local Punjabi channels carrying a police officer's statement at Mehta said the firing took place outside the gym under the Mehta police station area, and footage from the scene showed shattered glass with bullet marks at the gym.

Source: Local Punjabi channels / police statement at Mehta

CCTV footage reported by local channels showed two persons on a motorcycle near the gym at around 5:11 am. Police are examining the footage as part of the investigation.

Source: Local Punjabi channels / police statement at Mehta

India Today reported that the firing followed extortion threats allegedly sent from foreign numbers to the gym owner. That alleged extortion link has been reported as part of the case background; police have not, in the reports cited here, confirmed a motive.

Source: India Today

India Today linked the Amritsar firing and a separate deadly firing in Moga the same period to wider concern over law and order in Punjab ahead of the assembly elections. The Moga incident is a separate case and is being investigated separately.

Source: India Today