Ludhiana, May 9 -- Five persons have been arrested in connection with the May 1 firing incident at Prem Dhaba on Lalheri Road, Khanna police said on Friday.

Prem Dhaba, owned by Naresh Pathak alias Nannu, a resident of Ram Nagar, Lalheri Road, Khanna, was fired upon by two persons for Rs.1 crore extortion at 6.45 am on May 1. Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Darpan Ahluwalia said that during the investigation, officials analysed CCTV footage covering nearly 150 km and used technical surveillance and intelligence inputs to identify the suspects. Acting on the leads, police arrested Sahibjot Singh of Floud Kalan village in Malerkotla and Munish Sharma of Basant Nagar, Shimlapuri, Ludhiana, from Mohali.

During interrogation, both accu...