BATHINDA, Feb. 11 -- Two migrant workers sustained gunshot injuries after three unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at a group of migrant labourers working as rice shellers near Khosa Jalal village in Moga district on Tuesday, police said.

Police authorities confirmed that 3-4 rounds were fired at the workers and said the cyber cell is analysing the social media post, which has hate comments against the migrant workforce.

The assailants fired multiple shots at the legs of workers, with two workers identified as Ashok Kumar and Subodh Kumar getting bullet injuries," police added.

A shopkeeper near the crime spot, an eyewitness to the incident, said that the two assailants, flashing weapons, fired at the group when they ...