Indian police officer shot dead in Punjab
Tarn Taran: An Indian police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with the CIA staff was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Punjab state.
The police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in the Naushehra Pannuan area.
The assailants fired multiple shots from point-blank range, with two bullets hitting the victim. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The deceased, Iqbal Singh, a resident of Naushera Pannuan village under the Sarhali police station area, was returning home after duty in Ferozepur when armed men intercepted him and opened fire on Sunday evening, according to preliminary reports. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds and died on the spot.
Police said the identity of the attackers and the motive behind the killing were yet to be ascertained.
