Overview
- Police say a dispute over parking in Kasol escalated into a physical fight on Saturday evening when a tourist allegedly fired a pistol that struck a local youth in the leg.
- A team from Manikaran police detained four men from Punjab — identified as Manpreet Singh, Aman Randhawa, Sukhmandeep Singh and Karndeep Singh — and recovered the pistol and the vehicle linked to the incident.
- An FIR has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act and investigators are analysing CCTV and widely shared phone videos to reconstruct the sequence of events.
- Officers have formed a special investigation team to trace the source of the firearm and are searching for a fifth accused, Taman, while the injured man was taken to hospital and later referred for further care.
- Kasol is a busy tourist hub where clashes between visitors and locals have drawn concern before, and authorities say strengthened surveillance and forensic checks on the reportedly unlicensed .30-bore country-made weapon are now under way.