Two unknown assailants opened fire on the General Secretary of People's Party of Punjab (PPP), Yadwinder Singh Buttar at Sector-8 and managed to flee on Sunday night.
UT police officials have recovered three empty shells from the spot. One of the fired bullets damaged the car of the politician. Meanwhile Buttar, a resident of Sector-21, has suspected the involvement of a senior political leader of Punjab and a senior official of Punjab Police in the attack.
Buttar said he was attacked when he along with his friend Subhash Rana was going to his house from a restaurant in the inner market of sector 8 around 10.30 pm.
"While I was returning home after purchasing snacks from a restaurant at sector-8, two masked motorcyclists appeared and one of them fired four gun shots on my car (CH-01-AQ-8605) and sped away from the spot after the incident. I failed to note down the registration number of the motorcycle,” he told police
Senior Superintendent of Chandigarh police, Sukhchain Singh Gill said Police has recorded the statement of Buttar and people under scanner will be questioned.
A case against two unknown assailants has been registered on the complaint of Buttar. The recovered shells appeared to be fired from a 7.62 bore pistol, which is similar to .9mm pistol, said Harjeet Kaur, SHO, PS Sector-3.