ROHTAK, Sept. 22 -- Four people returning after appearing as witnesses in a court case had a narrow escape from an attack, when a group of armed men allegedly intercepted their bulletproof Scorpio and opened fire at it in broad daylight near Gohana in Haryana's Sonepat district on Monday.

According to police, around eight to nine men travelling in two SUVs stopped the Mahindra Scorpio near the Kharkhoda turn on the Sonepat Road and fired several rounds at the vehicle. The attackers allegedly positioned one of their vehicles in front of the Scorpio to block its way before opening fire.

The vehicle was bulletproof, which helped protect the occupants from the gunfire. All four people travelling in the vehicle escaped unhurt, police said. ...