Ludhiana, Feb. 16 -- Panic gripped the area near Amar Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Inter-state bus terminal on Saturday night after three unidentified men allegedly assaulted hotel staff following an argument and fired a gunshot in the air while escaping.

On the complaint of Mohit Yadav, a resident of Indra Nagar, Miller Ganj, the division number 5 police have registered a case against the three unknown accused. Yadav said he runs a hotel on lease near the bus stand and was present at the reception when an apparently intoxicated man arrived and demanded a room.

"When we asked him to produce an identity card, he refused and began arguing with the staff. He then called two of his associates, who joined him in attacking us," Yadav said in his co...