Punjab: Three people are detained following a brief gunfight in the murder case of a Shiv Sena leader in Moga

Punjab Police has arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a Shiv Sena leader in Moga district, official sources said on Saturday. After a gunfight with police in Malout in the Muktsar district, the culprits were taken into custody, they added.

Mangat Rai, the president of the Shiv Sena in Moga district, who was led by Eknath Shinde, was shot dead late Thursday night. According to police, a 12-year-old boy was also wounded in the shooting. Mangat, 52, had left his home to go grocery shopping at around 10 p.m. when three unidentified individuals attacked him. The first bullet missed Manga but struck the 12-year-old boy who was in the line of fire, an officer said.

Manga then fled the area on his two-wheeler. The attackers, who chased him, fired again at Manga, this time hitting the target. Manga was rushed to a hospital by police, where the doctors declared him dead, the officer said.