Zirakpur (SAS Nagar district): Around 2:17 am on October 14, unidentified assailants travelling in a Swift car fired approximately eight rounds outside the house of Ram Kumar, a property businessman resident of Baltana in Zirakpur. No injury was reported in the incident.

Police said that after the firing, Ram Kumar reportedly received a threatening phone call from a person named Arsh Pandit, allegedly in the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, demanding extortion money. Police are treating the gang and extortion link as an allegation.

A case was registered at the Zirakpur police station.

Mohali SSP Varun Sharma said special teams of the CIA Staff Kharar and the Mohali Operation Cell, led by Inspector Pradeep Bajwa, cracked the case and arrested three accused — Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi (32), Manraj Singh alias Manna (21) and Rajveer Singh (18), all residents of Jalandhar district. Police said Gurpreet works as a driver, Manraj recently returned from Canada, Rajveer is unemployed, and none of the three has a previous criminal case.

Police said they recovered a 9mm pistol, the Swift car allegedly used in the firing, and a mobile phone allegedly used to record a live video of the firing.

Police said further investigation is underway into the accused's alleged gang links, their individual roles, and the possible involvement of other people.

Sources: SAS Nagar (Mohali) Police official press briefing; Punjab Newsline.