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Gunmen Fire Over 20 Rounds at AAP Leader’s Phagwara Home as Police Probe Extortion Plot

Police are analyzing CCTV footage plus a handwritten ₹5 crore demand note left at the scene.

Overview

  • Two masked men arrived on a motorcycle around 1–1:30 am, approached on foot, and fired roughly 20–23 shots, damaging windows but causing no injuries.
  • Investigators recovered multiple extortion notes naming the Raja Kala/Kala Rana group with a demand for ₹5 crore.
  • CCTV captured the attackers repeatedly firing and reloading; police said a .45-bore pistol was used and several spent shells were seized.
  • Multiple police teams have been formed, raids are underway, and a case has been registered at Satnampura police station under BNS and Arms Act provisions.
  • Daljit Singh Raju, an AAP anti-drug campaign coordinator linked to MP Raj Kumar Chabbewal, received visits from political figures as an opposition MLA decried law and order, while police pledged swift arrests.