Overview
- The shooters, identified as Sukhraj Singh alias Ganga and Karamjit Singh, were tracked to Raipur with help from Chhattisgarh Police and central agencies.
- A court in Raipur granted transit remand until January 14, and the duo are being flown to Amritsar for interrogation.
- Five additional suspects tied to support and logistics were arrested in Punjab, including three from Tarn Taran and two from Mohali.
- Jarmal Singh, sarpanch of Valtoha Sandhua, was shot at point-blank range on January 4 inside Amritsar’s Marigold Marriage Palace, an attack captured on CCTV.
- Media reports cite police as identifying Portugal-based gangster Prabh Dasuwal as an alleged mastermind, while an earlier police encounter killed accused aide Harnur Singh and political opponents pressed the state government over law and order.