Two shots fired outside Sector 26 club in Chandigarh, youth hurt

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 31

Two shots were fired outside a club in Sector 26 here last night, leaving a 25-year-old youth injured. The suspects managed to escape in an i20 car. The incident took place near the Sector 26 police station.

The victim, Simarpreet Singh, a resident of Ambala, had come to the nightclub along with his cousin, a Panchkula resident.

The police said four occupants of the i20 car were having an argument with occupants of an Alto over “wrong parking” on the road in front of the club, Bargain Booze.

In the meantime, the victim, along with his cousin, was leaving after having dinner.

The police said the victim started tying the laces of his shoes by keeping his feet on the bonnet of the i20 car. “The suspects thought that the victim was accompanying the youths riding the Alto car following which they entered into an argument with him.

One of the suspects pulled out a gun and fired two shots, one of which hit the victim on his left leg.

The suspects then escaped in the car, bearing a Chandigarh number. The police were informed and the victim rushed to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, where he is under treatment.

A team of the CFSL also inspected the spot. Empty shells were recovered by the police. The police said they had the registration number of the car through which they would soon nab the suspects. “Two of the suspects have been identified. They are from Punjab. Raids are being conducted to nab them,” said a police official.

Meanwhile, a case under Section 307 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against the car occupants at the Sector 26 police station. The police have collected the footage of CCTV cameras installed outside the club.

Recent incidents of firing outside clubs

October 12, 2020: Three shots fired outside a nightclub in Sector 9, leaving a 22-year-old youth injured

October 11, 2020: Former PU leader Gurlal Brar shot dead outside a nightclub in the Industrial Area, Phase I