Ludhiana, Oct. 4 -- An immigration consultant has been booked for allegedly threatening a neighbouring family with a gun and assaulting one of its members during a confrontation over a missing grill.

The accused, Mandeep Singh, 32, a resident of Sukhdev Enclave on Panj Peer Road, allegedly pointed a firearm at Pawan, the elder son of complainant Charanjeet Singh, 57, and threatened to shoot him. When Pawan's younger brother Sajan intervened, Mandeep allegedly hit him on the head with the butt of the gun, leaving him with an injury that required stitches.

According to the complaint, the incident took place on Friday after Charanjeet and his family returned from the police station. Mandeep had approached the police alleging that a grill f...