Overview
- He fled custody late Friday after complaining of chest pain during a hospital transfer when a police vehicle struck a road divider, according to the Mohali SSP.
- Police teams located him in the Kharar–Mullanpur area on Saturday morning, where he allegedly fired multiple rounds before being shot and later declared dead at a government hospital.
- A police constable was injured in the operation and is reported to be in stable condition.
- Officers say the firearm used in the exchange has not been recovered as investigators examine how he obtained it during several hours on the run.
- The murder probe links the December 15 shooting to alleged foreign-based gangsters, with nine arrests across multiple states and accomplice Aditya Kapoor still at large, and it marks the second Punjab Police encounter in 48 hours.