Ludhiana, Feb. 4 -- A 23-year-old man suffered a bullet injury during a violent clash that erupted between two rival factions over a long-standing enmity in Mahadev Colony, Sahnewal, on Monday night. Four others also sustained injuries in the melee, police said. Four people have been booked in connection with the case.

Eyewitnesses said the confrontation quickly turned chaotic as members of both groups hurled bricks and stones at each other in the crowded market, leaving residents and shopkeepers terrified. Many shopkeepers hurriedly pulled down their shutters while residents fled to safer spots as gunfire rang out. When police reached the scene, the accused had already fled, abandoning their vehicles in the street.

The injured man has ...