Ludhiana, Feb. 27 -- The firing incident at a house in Prabhat Nagar in the early hours of February 22 was linked to an ongoing dispute between two jail inmates, the police said on Wednesday. An investigation confirmed that one of the inmates had directed the accused to fire gunshots at the house of another inmate over a monetary disagreement, officials said.

The police have arrested three suspects involved in the firing and recovered a country-made illegal pistol from their possession. The jailed inmate who ordered the attack has also been nominated in the case. The accused have been identified as Navdeep Singh alias Navi, Balwant Singh of New Janta Nagar and Nitish Kumar of Preet Nagar of New Shimlapuri.

According to police reports, a...