Archive · 15 Jan 2026
Shopkeeper killed in Punjab shooting
In a village in Punjab, three men on a motorcycle came to a hardware shop and started shooting.
The shop owner, Balwinder Singh, was killed, and another man, Lakhwinder Singh, was hurt.
The police are trying to find out who did it by looking at cameras and searching for the bad guys.
They think the men shot about seven times.
The hurt man was taken to a hospital, and important police officers went to the shop to see what happened.
Three unidentified men on a motorcycle opened fire at a hardware shop in Miani village, Punjab.
Shop owner Balwinder Singh was killed, and villager Lakhwinder Singh was injured in the shoulder.
The injured man was taken to a hospital in Hoshiarpur, while the shop owner was declared dead at a community health center.
Police are checking CCTV footage and conducting raids to arrest the accused.
The assailants fired around seven rounds during the attack.
- Who
- Three unidentified men on a motorcycle
- What
- Shot and killed a shopkeeper, injured a villager
- When
- Thursday evening
- Where
- Miani village, Tanda area, Hoshiarpur, Punjab
- Why
- Unknown (investigation ongoing)
- Victim
- Balwinder Singh
- Location
- Miani village, Tanda area, Hoshiarpur, Punjab
- Time
- Thursday evening
- Assailants
- Three unidentified men on a motorcycle
- Injured
- Lakhwinder Singh (villager)
- Rounds fired
- Seven
- Investigation
- CCTV footage being checked, raids conducted