Rana Balachauria

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rana Balachauria

• Rana Balachauria started playing kabaddi during his school days.

• In September 2019, during his college days, he was elected as the president of the National Student Union of India (NSUI) at Rayat-Bahra University (RBU), Sahauran, Mohali, Punjab.

• Rana Balachauria then worked as a social media influencer.

• In 2021, he appeared as a model in the music video of the Punjabi song Legacy by Raja Rajveer.

  

• In 2023, Rana Balachauria was featured in the music video for the song Black by R Sukhraj.

  

• He then went on to appear in many music videos of the Punjabi songs such as Anand Ayi Janda (2023), Phone Na Chakkan (2023), CBI (2024), and Crossing (2024).

  

• On 15 December 2025, Rana Balachauria made headlines when he was shot during a Kabaddi tournament in Sohana, Mohali, Punjab.

• The police claimed during the investigations that Balachauria was one of the organisers of the tournament at Sector 82 sports ground in Mohali, Punjab.

• Reportedly, two hitmen came on a motorcycle and got close to Balachauria by asking for selfies. He was used to people wanting photos with him and did not suspect anything.

• When they came near to Rana Balachauria, they pulled out pistols and shot him in front of the spectators, players, and organisers. Rana Balachauria got hit many times and fell to the ground.

• A crowd of 500-600 people ran away in panic when gunmen fired shots in the air to escape. Balachauria got badly hurt in the attack.

• The police rushed Rana Balachauria to Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, but he died from his injuries.

• The tournament had been running in the village for a few days.

• During investigations, police found four to five empty .32 calibre shells near the bloodied spot. Reportedly, six to seven shots were fired. The eyewitnesses described scenes of confusion and terror after the attack. One of the witnesses said,
  

  There was panic and chaos everywhere. People were running and screaming. We could not understand what happened at first and then pandemonium broke out.”

• The police claimed that the Bambiha gang took responsibility via a social media post soon after the murder. It added that the Chaudhary-Shaganpreet gang claimed responsibility for the murder.

• The gang claimed that they took revenge for the death of their brother Sidhu Moose Wala. In a social media post, the gang wrote,

  Today, at the Mohali Sohana Sahib Kabaddi Cup, Rana Balachauria was murdered, and we – Doni Bal, Saganpreet, Mohabbat Randhawa, Amar Khabbe, Prabh Dasuwal, and Kaushal Chaudhary – take responsibility for it. Balachauria was associated with our rivals Jaggu Khoti and Lawrence (Bishnoi). He sheltered the killer of Sidhu Moosewala and was involved himself. Today, by eliminating Rana, we avenged our brother Moosewala. This act was carried out by our brothers Makkhan Amritsar and Defaulter Karne.”

• Rana Balachauria was a fitness enthusiast and went to the gym regularly. He often shared pictures of his gym sessions on social media.

  

• He liked travelling to distant places in his free time.

  

• Rana Balachauria was often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.

  

• He was a follower of Sai Surinder Shah.