Ludhiana, Sept. 25 -- Road contractors across Ludhiana have suspended their work from Wednesday under the banner of the Ludhiana and Punjab Hot Mix Plant Association, raising concerns over "inadequate action amid political interference" in a case involving an attack on Nishant Gupta, son of the owner of Dass Builders.

Vikash Gupta, brother of Nishant, said, "Our firm is active in both Ludhiana and Moga . We had applied for a tender for a road project in Moga on August 21. After this, we started receiving threatening calls from a local contractor, Varinder Bansal, and his son, pressuring us to withdraw our tender. We initially did not take it seriously, trusting the law and order of the city. However, as the tender evaluation period drew ...