Panic at Dad village after shots fired

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana January 31

There was panic at Dad village when a person fired thee shots into the air at Merryland Enclave this morning. The police are investigating the matter.

Inderpreet Singh Grewal said he had an old enmity with some person who had threatened him with life. He suspected that the same person fired three shots into the air to intimidate him while he was standing outside his house.

The investigating officer, ASI Ravinder Kumar, said a caller informed the police that there was a clash between two groups and their members were resorting to firing. When the police reached the spot, they noticed no clash. They came to know that a man, who had kept a large number of pets, fired gunshots into the air to shoo away stray dogs near his house. The man had fired from his licensed weapon.

The police ruled out any clash.