Ludhiana, Jan. 7 -- Three assailants opened fire at a garment trader's shop at Civil City in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, hours after owner, Himanshu Handa, received extortion calls demanding Rs.50 lakh, police said.

The incident took place around 1.50 am. According to CCTV footage, the assailants arrived on a motorcycle. Two of them fired at least five rounds at the closed shop, while the third recorded the incident on a mobile phone.

According to police, the shutter of the shop and glass doors were damaged in the firing. The incident came to light on Tuesday morning when workers reached the shop and saw bullet marks on the shutter and inside the shop. Handa later checked CCTV footage from a nearby establishment, which ...