Mohali, May 22 -- Two days after the Jalandhar crime investigation agency (CIA) and Zirakpur police arrested two murder accused following an exchange of fire at Metro Town Society in Zirakpur's Peer Muchalla, the CIA Jalandhar on Wednesday arrested the house owner for harbouring the gangsters.

The house owner, who also has a criminal record, had met the gangsters in jail and allowed them to take refuge in his flat.

An officer from the Jalandhar CIA said the house owner has been identified as Ranjot Gill alias Raja, a resident of Muktsar, who has a flat in Peer Muchalla. Inspector Surinder Kamboj said, "Raja has multiple FIRs registered against him at various police stations across Punjab. He was arrested for harbouring two murder accuse...