Dehradun, Feb. 13 -- Uttarakhand Police are probing a possible gang war angle in the Silver City Mall shootout in Dehradun, which led to the death of Vikram Sharma.

According to officials, Sharma was shot by unidentified assailants when he was returning from a gym near Silver City Mall on Rajpur Road.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Singh said Sharma owned a stone crusher unit in Bajpur and had links with Jharkhand. After contacting Jharkhand Police, officials learnt that a gang war is currently ongoing in that region. He also said that several criminal cases were registered against Sharma.

"We received information from Silver City that a man who was leaving from the gym was shot by two unknown people. He was taken to the ho...