3 booked for firing into the air in Gharuan

Tribune News Service

Mohali, January 2

Two groups of youths staying as paying guests in Kumbhra clashed with each other on the night of December 31. In the fight, shots were also fired into the air.

The police said the clash took place in the building lift after both groups were going for dinner after consuming liquor at night.

A minor altercation ensued in the lift, following which one of the suspects fired shots into the air after they came out. After the incident, the suspects fled from the spot in a car.

After getting information, the police reached there and seized an empty shell from the spot.

On a complaint of Jashandeep Singh, a native of Dabwali and a BA-I student of DAV College, Sector 10, the police registered a case against Ravinder Singh, Jagtar Singh and one of their accomplices under Sections 336, 341, 506 and 34 of the IPC and the Arms Act at the Phase 8 police station today.

DSP (City-2) Sukhjeet Singh said the suspects were yet to be arrested and their paying guest accommodation at Golden Square Society is locked since the incident. The police were yet to find out whether the shorts were fired from the licensed weapon or not.

Minor altercation the trigger

A minor altercation ensued in the lift, following which one of the suspects fired shots into the air after they came out. After the incident, the suspects fled from the spot in a car. After getting information, the police reached there and seized an empty shell from the spot.