Ludhiana, Oct. 29 -- A couple and six of their associates have been booked for attempted murder after they allegedly barged into a house in EWS Colony, assaulted a family and fired a gunshot at a woman on the night of October 27. The bullet missed the woman and struck a door, police said.

The police suspect the attack was intended to intimidate the family into staying away from court proceedings in an earlier case registered against the accused. The hearing in that case is scheduled for November 18.

On the complaint of Muskaan, a resident of EWS Colony, the Division number 7 police registered a case against Ashu, her husband Shekhar and aide Maakhan, residents of Janakpuri, along with their associates Munish, Sameer, Khali, Aadi and Adi...