Chandigarh, May 6 -- They worked out at the same gym, knew each other socially, and shared business dealings. But one botched property deal allegedly led to a chilling contract killing plot that has rocked Chandigarh.

Police say Amreen Rai, 50, a homemaker, turned to gangsters to eliminate property dealer Chamanpreet Singh alias Cheeni after suffering a loss of around Rs.8 crore in a land deal facilitated by him. Cheeni was shot dead in broad daylight outside a gym in Sector 9 on March 18.

According to police, Rai comes from an affluent family. Her husband is an agriculturalist and arhtiya in Punjab, they own a one-kanal bungalow in Sector 35-A, and her brother-in-law is an additional director general of police (ADGP)-rank officer in Pu...