Chandigarh, March 26 -- The tricity, once considered a safe and planned urban cluster, is confronting a brazen, daylight takeover by organised crime today. A series of recent shootings, extortion threats, and gang-linked killings across Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula have exposed a well-entrenched criminal network that is no longer operating in the shadows.

Since November 2025, the tricity has recorded 11 cases of gunfire. The defining symbol of this lawlessness unfolded last week in Chandigarh's upscale Sector 9, where a property dealer was shot dead in a crowded, high-security zone. CCTV footage captured 12 bullets being fired in under 20 seconds. Gangster Lucky Patial publicly claimed responsibility for the hit over an Rs.8-crore p...