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Sadar Raikot police registered a case against six accused of attacking a family and opening fire in the air on Monday night in Kalsian village.

The case was filed following a complaint by Lakhwinder Singh, a resident of the village, who alleged that the accused fired at least two shots in the air during the incident.

The accused have been identified as Sukhveer Singh alias Sonu and Husanpreet Singh alias Husna of Johlan Road in Raikot, Jaskaran Singh of Ramgarh Sivian village, Mandeep Singh alias Nikka of Bassian village, Shinda of Moom village of Mehal Kalan, while that one of his assistants is yet to be identified. Mandeep Singh has been arrested.

The complainant Lakhwinder Singh stated that while he was waiting in his car for his wife Amarjeet Kaur, son Parneet Singh and a neighbor Gurdeep Kaur, the accused arrived in a Mahindra Thar. They allegedly crashed into his parked Maruti Brezza car. When he resisted, the accused attacked him with a sharp weapon. The accused also vandalized his car. When his family members tried to intervene, the accused also beat them. The defendant then pointed a gun and opened fire in the air.

According to Lakhwinder Singh, the accused pointed the gun at his son Parneet Singh and threatened to kill him. When locals gathered there, the accused fled the scene, abandoning their vehicle. The defendant forced the bus driver to stop, boarded the bus and fled. Upon being informed, the police reached the spot and launched an investigation.

Sub-inspector Gursevak Singh, who is investigating the case, claimed that the incident arose from an argument over an unpaid bill at a clothing shop in Raikot owned by Parneet’s friend Rohit Arora. The accused, who were earlier friends of Parneet and Rohit, had a dispute over the pending payment, which resulted in the altercation. The accused reportedly assaulted Rohit in his shop before confronting Parneet.

An FIR under sections 296 (obscene act), Section 351 (2) (criminal intimidation), Section 324 (6) (mischief after preparation to cause harm), Section 191 (3) (rioting with deadly weapons), Section 190 (illegal assembly crime), as well as violations of the Weapons Law, against the accused. Police have arrested one of the accused, Mandeep Singh, while efforts are underway to arrest the rest of the accused.