Overview
- Karan Pathak, 23, known as ‘Defaulter’, was fatally shot after exchanging fire with police near Mullanpur/Kharar early Saturday, according to Mohali Police.
- Police said Pathak escaped late Friday night after complaining of chest pain during a hospital transfer, prompting a manhunt with checkpoints across neighboring districts.
- Officers reported he fired six to seven rounds with a .30-bore pistol and was hit when police returned about nine rounds; he later died at a hospital.
- A constable identified as Jaspinder sustained a leg wound in the shootout and is stable, and FIRs have been registered over the escape and the encounter.
- The December 15 killing of promoter Rana Balachauria is being probed as an organized conspiracy, with multi-state AGTF operations yielding several arrests and others still at large.