The priest got shot thrice while Simran suffered two bullet injuries. Both of them are getting treatment at Civil Hospital Jalandhar in critical condition.
A suspect was apprehended near a kebab shop in Lyon and put under police custody. However, it was not clear whether the nabbed suspect was the 'real assailant'.
On 10th October night, priest Samrat Das of Ram Janki Temple in Tirre Manorama village of Etiathok police station area, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, was shot at.