Mohali, Oct. 10 -- A prior dispute in Barnala led to a firing incident in Balongi on Thursday evening, when Sunny Kande and three to four unidentified men allegedly opened fire at Arwinder Singh and snatched his mobile phone near Hotel Reef on the Kharar slip road. The bullet missed Singh, police said.

According to the complaint, Kande and his associates had assaulted Singh in Barnala on September 21. Singh did not report the incident to the police and returned to his rented room in Ekta Colony, Balongi, on September 25.

At around 7pm on Thursday, Singh was riding his scooter from the Balongi barrier towards his room when he spotted Kande and three to four men standing beside a car near Hotel Reef. Recognising Kande, Singh slowed down a...