Overview
- Gagandeep Singh, 36, a former kabaddi player, was shot near the Dana Mandi in Manuke village and the attackers later told his family to retrieve his body.
- An FIR at Hathur police station names Gursewak Singh alias Mota, Nikka Singh alias Gharu, Pardeep Das alias Pappa, Jaspal Singh Hansa, Gurdeep Singh, and 7–8 unidentified others under BNS murder, unlawful assembly and rioting sections, plus Arms Act provisions.
- Police recovered the Maruti Swift used in the crime, first arrested Gurdeep Singh of Badhni Kalan, then detained five more suspects including a woman for allegedly sheltering the assailants, taking total arrests to six.
- The family initially refused cremation but performed the last rites on Wednesday after assurances from Ludhiana rural police that all involved would be caught.
- Relatives link the attack to harassment of Gagandeep’s friend Ekam connected to kabaddi, while police describe it as an old village rivalry, as Punjab reels from multiple recent shootings.