ahmedabad two masked bikers fired at a grocery shop owner in motera on tuesday morning city police believe that the incident is likely to be rooted in a land dispute dharmesh thakore 32 who narrowly escaped the bid has filed a complaint at the chandkheda police station thakore who stays in motera village near asaram ashram runs a grocery shop while his father owns a restaurant in the same vicinity dcp manoj ninama said we are probing the matter land deals are our main focus now thakore says that he owns a large piece of land very close to the ashram he claims that the land has been encroached upon and it is our suspicion that this could be the bone of contention that led to this attempt to murder a complaint against unknown assailants has been lodged by thakore said a police official j c patel l div acp said this piece of land is owned by thakore and other family members he claims that a portion of their land has been encroached upon by the ashram and this has resulted in numerous complaints thakore has expressed suspicion that this dispute over his land may be the reason behind the attempt to kill him the incident took place at 930 am thakore claims that he was on way to a temple close to the ashram when he was accosted by two bikers thakore said that he goes to this temple twice every week on tuesday and sunday while on his way back from the temple on a bike as thakore reached the main road beside the ashram suddenly the two youths drew up close both the bikers had tied bandanas on their faces to hide identities on way to motera village near sarjan residency the pillion rider fired once in the air said a chandkheda police official thakore sped up his bike fearing the worst and the two bikers chased after him close to a threeroad near a tea stall the two unidentified bikers stopped him and caught him by collar they then opened fire on him thakore ducked and the bullet missed him narrowly he then fell on road and some of thakores friends who were standing nearby rushed towards them the two masked bikers then sped off towards gandhinagar we have recovered a 9 mm cartridge from the spot an fsl team also was called to the spot to investigate the matter said a chandkheda police official