Ludhiana, Oct. 22 -- Ten days after two motorcycle-borne men opened fire at a visa consultancy office in Model Town Extension, the police have arrested one of the accused. According to investigators, the accused are linked to the Rohit Godara gang through two foreign-based operatives. The gang had demanded a Rs.1 crore extortion from the immigration consultant, and the attack was the result of the victim's refusal to pay.

The arrested accused has been identified as Deepak Kumar, 22, a resident of Hazuri Bagh Colony, while his cousin Gagandeep, a resident of Seelampur, Delhi, is on the run. During interrogation, Deepak told police that he and Gagandeep opened fire at the visa consultancy office on the directions of Varinder Charan from Jh...