more-inA day after Punjabi singer Parmish Verma was shot at in Mohali, the Punjab police on Sunday said they were not ruling out an extortion angle in the crime. The police have arrested a youth, identified as Happy from the Baddi area of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, in connection with the shooting. The accused had fired six shots with it at the singer and his friend Kulwant Singh,” he said, adding that both are out of danger and stable. Parmish and his friend had sustained injuries and were admitted to a local hospital in Mohali. Police has registered a case of attempt to murder besides other Sections of the IPC.

Source: The Hindu April 15, 2018 16:52 UTC