A doctor was shot at inside his nursing home in the Kot Ise Khan town of Punjab's Moga district by two men posing as patients Friday afternoon, police said. The doctor received two bullet injuries, and his condition is critical, they said. Ajay Gandhi, Senior Superintendent of Police, Moga, said Dr Aniljit Kamboj, who is in his fifties, was shot at by two men who came to his Harbans Nursing Home at around 2 pm. "The doctor was treating one of them, and discussing medicines when the second man who was standing behind opened fire. Two bullets hit the doctor, including one in the chest. He has been admitted to a private hospital in Moga, and his condition is critical. He is on ventilator," Gandhi told The Indian Express. He said the police are probing the case from all angles, and checking CCTV footage to identify the suspects. A family member told The Indian Express that Kamboj had received extortion calls from Canada-based designated terrorist Lakhbir Singh Landa, an operative of the banned organization Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). The threat calls were being received since 2022 and the caller was demanding at least Rs 1 crore, said the family member, requesting anonymity. He further said that Kamboj was also given a security cover by the Moga Police but the lone gunman was withdrawn some months ago. Moga SP (investigation) Bal Krishan Singla, said: "An FIR was registered in 2022 after Dr Kamboj had received threat calls. Landa was nominated as an accused in that FIR. However, the family did not inform us about any such latest incident." Asked if the security cover was withdrawn, he said: "They were having the security cover till some time ago but currently, they had no such threat perception. I would need to check the latest status of their security cover." The CCTV footage of two suspects who shot Dr Aniljit Kamboj at his clinic in Moga district, Friday. The suspects posed as patients. As the doctor started examining one of them, the second man opened fire with two weapons. The doctor was getting extortion threat calls from… pic.twitter.com/kW2ApdONyb — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) July 5, 2025 The victim, apart from running a clinic, also owned Pathways Global School, in Kot Ise Khan. His son Dr Chahat Kamboj, was with him in the clinic when the incident happened. Chahat's wife, Dr Harjot Kamboj is posted as a medical officer at Community Health Centre (CHC), Kot Ise Khan. Kamboj, a general physician, had solemnized second marriage after the death of his wife. His stepdaughter Tania is a known Punjabi actor. Harjot Kaur said that her father-in-law is on ventilator support after the surgery. "He received two bullet injuries, of which one exited his body. His blood pressure is not stable and he is on ventilator." "My husband was at the clinic with him. Two men came and posed as patients. One of them told my father-in-law that he was having some skin related ailment. As soon as he bent down to check his leg, the other man who was standing behind opened fire at him," she said. Inspector Gurwinder Singh Bhullar, SHO Kot Ise Khan, said that the case was being probed from all angles including Landa's alleged involvement. "Prima facie, the man who opened fire had two weapons and he opened fire with both," said the SHO. The inspector said that an FIR for attempt to murder was being registered at Kot Ise Khan police station on the statement of Chahat. "We will nominate names of the accused as the probe will progresses," he said. “The doctor had received extortion calls in the past and was also given the security cover. Police will crack the case soon,” said AAP’s Dharamkot MLA Devinderjeet Singh Laddi Dhos.
