Former state president of Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), Gurlal Brar was shot dead in his Toyota Fortuner outside the Playboy Nightclub at City Emporium Mall in Industrial Area during the intervening night of October 10 and 11.
Brar, aged 26, was leaving alone in his car when miscreants opened fire at him at around 12:15 am. He was taken to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), where doctors declared him dead.
Three unknown accused are reported to be involved in the incident. A case under Sections 302 (punishment for murder), Section 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of IPC and 25/27-54-59 Arms Act has been registered and further investigation is going on, said a UT Police officer.
The case has been registered on the statement of Vikas Tiwari (24), a resident of Hallomajra here, he said.
In his statement to the UT Police, Tiwari, who works as a driver said, he along with three other drivers had come to the Playboy club on the intervening night of October 10 and 11 for valet parking duty. At around 12:15 am, he saw that a white colored Fortuner came from the Centra Mall side and the driver parked the car in front of the main gate of City Emporium. Two young boys carrying pistols in their hands came from Centra Mall side and gunned down the person sitting in the car. Both the boys fled from the scene after riding a motorcycle along with another boy.
Brar was a resident of Kotkapura in Punjab’s Faridkot district.