Shots fired, vehicles damaged, group booked for murder bid

Ludhiana: The police, on Saturday, booked a group of men for murder bid as it fired shots and vandalized vehicles of another group near Kohara.
On the complaint of Sarabpreet Singh, 28, a resident of Upplan village and poultry farm owner, the police have registered a case against Taranpreet Singh of Ghumet village, Deep of Katani Khurd, Deesha of Latto Joga, Ravi of Barwala, Jatt of Latto Dana and their unidentified accomplices.
Sarabpreet said, “On August 26, my friends and I had gone to a liquor vend near Kube village of Doraha bypass to attend the birthday party of our friend, Sukha. We reached there in an SUV around 9.30pm. The accused were consuming liquor in a car there. In an inebriated condition, they started abusing me. When I objected to it, they manhandled me. Taranpreet took out a weapon to threaten me. Deep, Deesha and Ravi asked Taranpreet to hand over the weapon to them so that they could shoot me. Taranpreet, however, did not give them the weapon.”
Sarabpreet’s friends intervened and they left from the spot. “Thereafter, we called up Sukha, informed him about the incident and asked him to postpone the birthday party. On the way back home, we met our friends Lakhwinder Singh Gill of Jhugiyan village and Maninderpal Singh of Ghumet village. Both were in a car. They asked us to have dinner with them and we agreed. Near Kedar Dhaba of Kohara around 11.30pm, some people waved at us to stop. When we slowed down our cars, we saw Taranpreet, along with at least 20 people in four cars. They opened two shots at Lakhwinder’s car and vandalized my car. One of the accused attacked me with a sharp-edged weapon. They then fired at least four shots at my car. They chased us in their cars, but we managed to flee. Thereafter, my friends took me to a hospital,” Sarabpreet added.
Accused Deep had a land dispute with Sarabpreet’s friend two years ago. “Deep, Taranpreet and others suspected me of helping their rivals and that’s why they attacked me,” he said.
Koomkalan sub-inspector Harmeet Singh said the victim recorded his statement on Saturday after which an FIR was lodged under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons and means), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), 506 (criminal intimidation), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapons), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the IPC and the Arms Act.