Chandigarh, Dec. 25 -- The high court on Wednesday summoned the Punjab director general of police (DGP) for the January 15 hearing in connection with the killing of a Kabaddi promoter in Mohali on December 15.

"The factum of a few criminals armed with pistols entering a stadium, firing several shots, and escaping in the presence of thousands of spectators and scores of policemen on duty, indicates that the criminals had a free run. There have been several other instances of targeted killings, some of which have been captured in CCTV footages," the bench of justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and justice Deepak Manchanda observed while also seeking an affidavit from the DGP.

These suo motu directions were issued by the court during the resume...