India, March 8 -- More than a month after filmmaker Rohit Shetty's Juhu residence was targeted in a shooting linked to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, a similar gunfire scare unfolded in Mumbra early Saturday when an ex-Tihar jail inmate opened fire outside the home of a social media influencer who had previously challenged the Bishnoi gang online.

The accused, Shahabad alias Shabbu Munna Qureshi, 28, a Mumbra resident with criminal cases registered in Delhi, fired at the house and car of influencer and small-time developer Nadeem Moinuddin Khan alias Baba Khan, 45, before later opening fire on police teams that tracked him down.

According to the Mumbra police, the attack took place around 4.54 am in Almas Colony, Kausa, when Qureshi fired t...