PHAGWARA: The Shahkot police have booked five persons including a US based Punjabi NRI on the charges of attempt to murder and firing.
Investigating Officer (IO) Nirmal Singh said the accused have been identified as Sukhvir Singh alias Sukha Dhaliwal a resident of Jamsher village and presently living in the USA, Roth Masih a resident of Chumo village under Adampur police station, Vinay Tiwari a resident of Basti Sheikh Jalandhar, Shivam a resident of Mota Singh Nagar Jalandhar and Manish Kumar a resident of Mithapur Jalandhar.
Raj Kumar a resident of Kangana village complained to the police that the accused reached the front of his house on January 3 late at night and opened fire to kill him using abusive language and threatening him with dire consequences.
waylaid him on September 24 evening in the village and the accused Ras Meet Singh fired at him intending to kill but his brother pushed him to the side and saved him.
IO said a case under section 109(attempt to murder) 61(2) (criminal conspiracy ) 351(2) (criminal intimidation) 324(4) mischief) of the BNS and sections 25/54/59 /of the Arms Act have been registered against the accused.