Ludhiana, Oct. 25 -- Gangster Kaushal Chaudhary, currently in police custody, has confessed to orchestrating the firing at the residence of an ex-Army man in Ludhiana's Begoana village on October 19, police said.

Brought to Ludhiana on a production warrant from Gurugram on Friday, Chaudhary admitted during interrogation that he had planned the attack as part of an extortion attempt demanding Rs.5 crore from the victim, now a realtor. He was produced in court on Friday and sent to seven days' police custody for questioning.

Police said Chaudhary did not carry out the attack himself but directed it through his associates. To unravel the broader conspiracy and identify all involved, investigators are preparing to bring more jail inmates li...