Mohali, April 4 -- A day after two motorcycle-borne men opened fire outside a New Chandigarh property dealer's house, investigators have said that the attack was allegedly carried out at the behest of gangster Lucky Patial. Senior officers privy to the investigation, who declined to be named, said preliminary probe indicates that Patial's men may have executed the firing after an extortion demand was not met. The shots were fired outside the Hoshiarpur village residence of property dealer Sukhdarshan Singh. Police said Singh had received a demand of Rs.1 crore from a caller claiming to be gangster Lucky Patial nearly ten days before the attack. The firing, carried out on Thursday, is being treated as an attempt to pressure the victim after the demand went unmet. Empty .32-bore shells were recovered from the spot. A case under Section 308 (5) (extortion), 125 (act endangering life or personal safety), 324 (mischief) and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 25 of the Arms Acts has been registered. The firing came just 15 days after a 31-year-old property dealer Charanpreet Singh, resident of Mullanpur was shot dead in broad daylight in Chandigarh's Sector 9 market on March 18. Hours after the killing, Patial, who leads the Davinder Bambiha group, claimed responsibility on social media. A day before that, a Lawrence Bishnoi-backed student leader was targeted near the botany department on the Panjab University campus. Patial, also known as Gaurav Patial, originally from Khuda Lahora, operates from Armenia and controls a network active across Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The gang had earlier taken responsibility for the killing of kabaddi promoter Rana Balachauria at a tournament in Mohali's Sector 79 in December 2025. The incident reflects a broader pattern that has emerged across the region. At least four extortion demands of Rs.1 crore or more have been reported in Mohali and Chandigarh in recent months. In Baltana, a property dealer told police he received a demand from a caller identifying himself as the brother of gangster Doni Bal. No arrest so far in the case. In separate cases, a Sector 79 resident and a Chandigarh jeweller reported threats of Rs.5 crore on WhatsApp from numbers traced to members of the Bambiha group. Nearly a month after bike-borne men fired 11 rounds outside a businessman's house in a bid to extort Rs.5 crore, police arrested three accused, who they said acted on the directions of gangsters Prince Thikriwala and Bhavjot Singh, alias Bhavi. In the Rana Balachauria murder case too, police arrested the main shooter, Karan Pathak and other associates. Pathak identified by police as the primary shooter, was killed in an encounter with law enforcement after the incident. The second shooter, Aditya Kapoor alias Makhan, remains on the run. Several arrests have been made over the past year, including three Patial aides detained in October 2025 after a brief exchange of fire near Bhukhri Road, Kharar....