A year after a group of men allegedly opened fire in the air while dining on the terrace of The Willow Cafe in Sector 10, former additional director general of police (ADGP) Parmaraj Singh Umranangal and his son, Angad Sukhraj Dhaliwal, have been named as accused in the chargesheet filed by the UT police.
Besides the former ADGP and his son, the chargesheet names two Punjab Police personnel – Amanpreet Singh and Mela Singh (since deceased). He allegedly saw Angad holding a firearm. Angad left for Dubai shortly after the incident. Following this, the UT police issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against him and initiated proceedings to declare him a proclaimed offender. The police also examined mobile phone dump data, call detail records and tower locations to establish the presence of those involved at the cafe, the chargesheet stated.
Balbir Ram, the cafe’s head chef and the complainant in the case, told police that on February 15, 2025, between 5 pm and 5.30 pm, three to five men entered the establishment, accompanied by Punjab Police security personnel, according to the chargesheet. He returned to India and joined the investigation in August 2025, nearly five months after the incident.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage examined by the police corroborated the sequence of events, according to the chargesheet seen by HT.
The court has issued notices to the accused, asking them to appear on December 11. A third policeman, Tasveer Singh alias Baba, whose name had also surfaced during the investigation, has not been chargesheeted.
