Ludhiana, July 21 -- Tensions flared in the Gopal Nagar Tibba area after a local BJP leader, Naman Bansal, was allegedly attacked by a group of rivals owing to an ongoing dispute. In a dramatic turn during the assault, one of the attackers dropped a gun, which Bansal reportedly picked up and used in self-defence, shooting one of the accused in the arm as they fled the scene.

According to a statement recorded by assistant sub-inspector Mahinder Raj, Bansal, a resident of Mohalla Amarpura, was riding his scooter through Gopal Nagar when he was intercepted by two men, followed by others who joined the assault. The attack is suspected to have stemmed from a prior dispute between Bansal and one of the attackers, Jagan alias JP, over illegal p...