Ludhiana, July 16 -- The Jawahar Nagar locality witnessed a tense morning on Tuesday following a shooting incident at the home of a key witness in the 2020 murder case of hotelier Harjinder Singh Jindi. As many as two unidentified men on a scooter reportedly fired a gunshot at the residence of Kanwaljit Kumar in Jawahar Nagar. The incident, which is suspected to be an attempt to intimidate the witness before his court testimony on July 22, has raised serious concerns about witness security.

According to the police, the firing occurred around 1.45 am. The bullet struck the main gate of Kumar's residence and a .32 bore shell was recovered from the scene. CCTV footage from the vicinity captured the assailants' faces, who have since been ide...