ROHTAK, Nov. 11 -- A man was killed and another critically injured after a group of armed assailants opened indiscriminate fire on them in Mandothi village of Haryana's Jhajjar district, police said on Tuesday.

The deceased, identified as Jogindra alias Bholu was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bahadurgarh, where he succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. The other victim Hardeep Singh sustained two bullet injuries and remains critical.

The assailants allegedly fired multiple rounds at the two men outside Jogindra's house on the Sunday night. The attack came shortly after the farmhouse owner, Hariom, had a narrow escape when the same group allegedly intercepted his vehicle and threatened to kill him while he was returning ho...