Overview

• At around 5 am on June 26, two masked men on a motorcycle fired 10 to 15 rounds at a hotel on National Highway 44 near Shahabad Markanda before fleeing.
• The assailants briefly entered the reception area and left a handwritten note that contained no ransom demand.
• Superintendent of Police Nitish Aggarwal has formed eight dedicated teams to examine more than 60 CCTV feeds and track down the perpetrators.
• Officials say the motive remains unclear and they are probing possible links to a recent rise in gang-related extortion and violence.
• The hotel attack follows the June 13 murder of liquor contractor Shantanu and the June 24 killing of wanted criminal Romil Vohra, intensifying scrutiny of the state government’s law-and-order response.