Overview
- Chandigarh Police’s Operations Cell arrested Gaurav, Rajat, Aryan and Arvinder Singh on Saturday after a campus shooting probe tied them to hired-hit networks.
- The March 17 attack targeted student leader Jashanpreet Singh Jawanda near PU’s Botany Department, and he escaped unharmed as the assailants fled the rear gate.
- Officers said they recovered three automatic pistols and live cartridges, and they filed a fresh Arms Act case after Aryan’s arrest at Police Station Sector 26.
- Investigators say the group worked for overseas handlers Doni Bal and Shaganpreet Singh, used encrypted messaging to get orders and received small QR-code payments now under tracing.
- Police say questioning linked the four to other violent cases, including a Khanna shop firing, the Gopi Nijjar murder in Kapurthala and the 2025 killing of student Amarjot Singh in Amritsar, while reports differ on the seized cartridge count at 16 or 13.