Overview
- Two motorcycle-borne assailants fired four rounds outside the Sector 38 residence of hotelier Tara Singh Saini around midnight, leaving property damage but no injuries.
- The complainant reported prior WhatsApp calls from international numbers, including one claiming to be Lucky Patial and a later demand for ₹2 crore from a caller identifying himself as Arvind.
- An FIR at Sector 39 police station names Lucky Patial and unidentified accomplices under BNS provisions for attempt to murder, extortion, criminal intimidation, conspiracy, and multiple Arms Act sections.
- Police say a few suspects have been detained for questioning, though they have not found evidence so far that the attack was carried out on Patial’s instructions.
- Investigators recovered four cartridge shells, reviewed CCTV showing the attackers on a motorcycle, and are tracing the IP address of the WhatsApp number, with reporting noting links to the Davinder Bambiha gang.