Chandigarh, Aug. 2 -- A 57-year-old woman was shot and injured by her tenant, an advocate practising in the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC), when she arrived with police and court officials to take possession of her Sector 42-C flat on Saturday after a 13-year long legal battle.

The accused, identified as advocate JPS Chaddha, 67, allegedly opened fire with his licensed double-barrel shotgun as officials attempted to execute the court-ordered eviction. He was overpowered and arrested on the spot.

While the accused had allegedly aimed for her head, he missed the target but the victim, Manjinder Kaur, a resident of Sector 19, sustained splinter injuries to her face. She was rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and...