Overview
- A 22-year-old, identified as Abhishek Kumar, allegedly opened fire during a family argument in Bichpari village on Saturday evening, killing his grandmother, elder brother and uncle and critically wounding his aunt.
- The grandmother died at the scene and the brother and uncle died en route to hospital, while the aunt is in critical condition at a Chandigarh medical facility.
- Police have registered a case at Shahzadpur station, launched raids and an active manhunt for Abhishek and say their preliminary probe is examining possible premeditation and the firearm's origin.
- Local CCTV footage of the shooting has circulated on social media and is being used by investigators as part of the inquiry.
- Neighbours and the complainant say the dispute sprang from an ancestral land fight and a soil‑mining contract in which family members allegedly sold sand and withheld shares, a conflict officials say may have triggered the attack and could raise local scrutiny of mining and weapon access.