Ludhiana, Aug. 17 -- Barely nine months after surviving a murder bid, city-based shoe trader Gurvinder Singh Prinkle has once again accused gangsters of plotting to kill him.

Prinkle, who was shot inside his Khud Mohalla shop in November 2024 allegedly by gangster Rishav Benipal and his associates, claimed that another criminal, Lakhbir Singh alias Lakhu Baba of Jalandhar, arrived at his Sector 32 shop this week carrying a pistol. Prinkle said the armed man entered the store minutes after he had left and, not finding him there, threatened his workers before walking out.

The trader alleged that Lakhu Baba was acting at the behest of Benipal, who had earlier orchestrated the attack on him. "Lakhbir even made a video call to inform someone...