Tarn Taran/Ferozepur, Oct. 12 -- A 55-year-old assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted with the counter intelligence wing of Punjab Police was allegedly shot dead by unidentified assailants while returning home on his motorcycle after duty in Tarn Taran district on Sunday evening, police said.

According to police, the deceased, identified as Iqbal Singh, was a resident of Tarn Taran and posted in Mallan police station in Ferozepur. The incident took place around 7.30 pm on the Naushera-Lohka road when the cop was returning home after paying obeisance at a gurdwara. The assailants fired multiple shots from point blank range, with two bullets hitting the victim, said assistant inspector general, counter intelligence, Ferozepur, Avneet Kaur. S...