Ludhiana, Oct. 17 -- The father and brother of shoe trader Gurvinder Singh Prinkle have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to kill city-based advocate Gaganpreet Singh.

The police are scrutinising financial transactions that reportedly indicate the two men provided monetary assistance to Prinkle, who is currently abroad and allegedly offered Rs.10 lakh to have the advocate killed.

The accused, Satnam Singh, alias Santy, and his son Talwinder Singh, alias Bunty, both residents of Sector 32, were arrested by the Sarabha Nagar police on Saturday.

Additional deputy commissioner of police-III Dharavath Sai Prakash said further investigation in the case was underway.

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