Gang war: Notorious gangster Mohan Cheer shot dead outside shopping mall in Mohali

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JAMMU: A notorious gangster Mohan Cheer, who was booked in Bakra murder case, was shot dead by four unidentified persons outside a shopping mall in Sector 67 in Mohali on Monday.
According to police, the killing of gangster Rajesh Dogra alias Mohan Cheer, 45, a native of Jammu, is fallout of a gang war. Officials said the assailants were waiting for Mohan Chir outside the mall for some time in two SUVs – one Chandigarh registration number and another of Jammu.
During preliminary investigations, it has come to the fore that Mohan Cheer had recently come out of jail and the rival group members were keeping track on him. Both gangs are related to Jammu, a police official said, adding that further investigations are under progress.
Additional DGP (Rupnagar Range) Jaskaran Singh said one person who was accompanying Dogra has been caught. He also has a criminal background and is booked in eight cases. It appears to be an incident of gang rivalry and we have informed the Jammu police about the incident, he said.
Four to five people came in two vehicles and they opened fire, SSP Mohali said. The incident took place as soon as Dogra, accompanied by two others, reached outside the mall where attackers had reached in two vehicles including one bearing a Jammu and Kashmir registration number, police said. The accused escaped after the incident. Sources, however, revealed that the one Rohit alias Bunty accompanying Mohan Cheer has been detained by MohaIi police. A car with registration number JK02CC -0019 owned by one Rimpa of Supwal has been seized. Police is working on various theories. “Using Cheer’s accomplice, the rival group members called Mohan Cheer at the Mohali mall and shot him dead when he reached the spot and managed to flee from the spot, sources said.