NURMAHAL
The Nurmahal police have arrested a seventh accused on the charge of firing at a farmer in a village.
Investigating Officer (IO) Jagjit Singh said that the accused had been identified as Deepak Kumar son of Jaspal a resident of Patti in Taran Tarn district.
Resham Singh a resident of Sunner Kalan village had complained to the police that he was going to his fields on his tractor to bring paddy samplings on July 8 morning around 7 AM when the motorcycle-borne accused waylaid him and threatened and fired at him from a pistol to kill him and gunshot pierced his left thigh.
IO said a case under sections 109(attempt to murder) and 61(2)(criminal conspiracy ) of the B.N.S . and sections 25/54/59 of the Arms Act was registered against the accused and six accused had been arrested earlier.