Ludhiana, Oct. 23 -- Launching a blistering attack on the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government over the fatal shooting of 34-year-old businessman Rahul Sharma in Ludhiana, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged that the "rule of law has ended in Punjab, and only the rule of bullets remains."

Bittu, who visited the victim's residence to offer his condolences to the bereaved family, demanded strict and immediate police action against all the accused, vehemently rejected the "accidental firing" claims being circulated, and questioned the rampant, unchecked issuance of arms licences across the state.

Rahul Sharma (34), son of the owner of Ludhiana's well-known 'Pandit Ji Kulche Chole', died of a bullet injury...