Overview
- Punjab's Anti-Gangster Task Force and Hoshiarpur police intercepted the suspects at Mehdoodpur on October 23, where they allegedly opened fire before being overpowered in a brief exchange.
- The accused were identified as Krishan Gopal and his son Keshav of Baincha village, held in connection with the October 18 targeted firing at Ganpati Jewellers.
- Keshav sustained a gunshot wound to his right leg from police fire and was taken to Government Hospital, Hoshiarpur for treatment.
- Officers recovered a .32-calibre pistol with live cartridges and impounded a motorcycle that carried a fake number plate.
- An initial FIR under BNS sections 336, 324(4) and 3(5) and the Arms Act was followed by a fresh case citing BNS sections 109, 221, 132 and 3(5) and Section 25 of the Arms Act as investigators pursue forward and backward linkages.