Overview
- Gurpiyar Singh, a Hamdard Media TV anchor-producer, was seized outside his Shivalik Vihar, Nayagaon office on November 4 by three men in Nihang attire, police said.
- He was rescued safe in Kotkapura, Faridkot, about 211 km from the abduction site, within roughly 20 hours after teams tracked multiple locations.
- Multiple units — Mohali police, the AGTF, and police from Faridkot, Bathinda and Chandigarh — coordinated the operation after registering a kidnapping case.
- One suspect, Balkaran Jeet Singh of Rekh Kalan, was arrested in Kotkapura and, according to police, said the abduction was meant to pressure the family to pay.
- Two accomplices, Hardeep Singh and Jaskaran Singh, remain at large as raids continue and surveillance increases at religious premises.