Karnal, July 22 -- Nearly three months after two men allegedly fired at the residence of Gurpartap Kang, manager of Punjabi singer and Bollywood actor Diljit Dosanjh in Karnal, the special task force (STF) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested the key accused behind the shooting.

According to the police, the arrested accused, identified as Vikas alias Vicky, is a resident of Mahendergarh district of Haryana. Police said Vicky was arrested along with four other active shooters: Ashfaq from New Delhi, Prince Khardia and Sanjay Bantth, both from Rajasthan and Gurlal Singh, a native of Amritsar district.

The arrests followed a tip-off and were made by an STF team led by inspector Deepender Rana. Police said the five shooters were arrested whi...