Three unidentified masked men fired several rounds of gunshots at Punjabi singer Gulab Sidhu’s house in Barnala during the early hours of Sunday. CCTV footage revealed that 10 to 12 shots were fired. While Sidhu was away on a business trip, his family was inside the residence at the time of the incident.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident, and it is reported that gangster Dolly Ball has claimed responsibility for the shooting. Fortunately, no one was injured in the attack.

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According to Village Sarpanch Jagsir Singh, at around 12:00 a.m., some men on motorcycles with their faces covered arrived outside Gulab Sidhu's house, opened fire, and fled. The sound of gunfire spread panic among the people nearby.

Two of the attackers fired about six shots at the singer's home, while a third filmed the video.

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The village sarpanch demanded that the police administration identify and arrest the accused who open fired at the singer’s house. Superintendent of Police (D) Sanjeev Kumar Goyal said that the CCTV footage of the firing at Gulab Sidhu's home is being examined. Based on the footage, police is attempting to identify the attackers.

A Close Aide Of Sidhu Moosewala

Gulab Sidhu, a close friend of the late slain rapper Sidhu Moosewala, has long faced extortion threats. Due to these active threats, the Punjab Police had previously assigned him two security personnel. In January of this year, local police successfully foiled a separate extortion-driven plot to attack him, resulting in the arrest of a village sarpanch and two associates