Gunshots fired at Panjab University, Chandigarh March 17, 2026: Firing was fired by unidentified persons at Panjab University, causing panic across the campus, police teams have launched a full-scale investigation to trace the culprits. Photo by Nitin Sharma

Chandigarh: The Operation Cell of Chandigarh Police has claimed to solve the Panjab University shootout case with the arrest of four people including the shooters. Police said the accused were also involved in two murders and a firing incident in different parts of Punjab. Police claimed to have seized three sophisticated pistols and 16 bullets from the accused – Gaurav alias Gola, Aryan, Rajat alias Gudda of Amritsar and Ravi Nijjar alias Kali, resident of Sirsa, Haryana.An operation cell team led by Inspector Harinder Singh Sekhon Gangster Shaganpreet and Donny Bal’s associate Aryan were arrested near a night club in Sector 26. An automatic pistol and four bullets were recovered from him. Later the police arrested Ravi Nijjar, Gaurav and Rajat and recovered two more pistols and 12 bullets.According to the police, the accused had planned to shoot at three night club owners and a real estate businessman in the city to extort money.Police said the accused were carrying out murders and shootouts on the instructions of foreign handler Donny Bal and his associate Shaganpreet for just Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. The accused were allegedly drug addicts who took to crime to obtain drugs.The accused revealed that Shaganpreet was in direct contact with them through encrypted social media applications.Police said the accused were involved in the firing incident at Panjab University, where unidentified assailants opened fire on SOPU student leader Jashanpreet Singh Jawanda in the parking lot of the Botany department. The attackers fled away after snatching the motorcycle at gunpoint from a passerby near the PU.The Bambiha gang had claimed responsibility for the attack in March.Police said that on March 17, on the instructions of Doni Bal and Shaganpreet, Aryan, Gaurav and Rajat had gone to PU to kill Jashanpreet Singh Jawanda.Box: Other cases in which he was involvedDuring interrogation of Gaurav, it was revealed that he along with Aryan and Sonu alias Shanga had done recce of a commission agent shop in Khanna on the instructions of gangster Shaganpreet.On March 25, Gaurav and Sonu opened fire at the shop.Police said Gaurav and others shot dead Gurpreet Singh ‘Gopi’ Nijjar, a key witness in the 2015 murder of gangster Sukha Kahlwan, on May 1, 2026.The accused also revealed that on March 25, 2025, Rajat, Aryan and Bobby had shot dead Amarjot Singh, a class 12 student, in Amritsar.Accused Bobby had provided automatic pistols and cartridges to the shooters.