Mohali/Chandigarh, Sept. 26 -- A 36-year-old gym owner was injured after two masked motorcycle-borne youths opened fire at a gym in Mohali's Phase 2 and, within an hour, at a hotel in Chandigarh's Kajheri on early Thursday.

Acting swiftly, Chandigarh Police's operation cell arrested the accused, one of them a murder convict, within 10 hours of the brazen incident.

The accused were identified as Ritvik Bhardwaj, alias Billa, and Aman, both residents of Burail village, Chandigarh.

In November 2021, Bhardwaj, along with three others, was convicted of the 2019 murder of a 27-year-old youth in Sector 40 and awarded life imprisonment by a local court. He is currently out on parole.

Police said the Thursday attack was retaliation of a long-r...