Overview

• A joint Manesar Crime Branch and Gurugram STF team stopped five alleged shooters near Wazirpur on the Pataudi–Gurugram road after midnight.
• Police reported an exchange of about 18 rounds, with four suspects shot in the legs and taken to Sector-10 A civil hospital and a fifth identified as Gautam taken into custody.
• Officials say the same group is wanted in the July 14 attack on Rahul Yadav and the August 4 murder of his aide Rohit Shaukeen near Kherki Daula.
• The operation followed intelligence on a renewed plan to target the singer, with investigators examining a possible motive tied to a ₹5 crore financial dispute involving Sunil Sardhaniya.
• Local reports name the suspects as Vinod Pehalwan, Padam alias Raja, Shubham alias Kala, Gautam alias Gogi, and Ashish alias Ashu, with formal arrests pending for the injured.