Ferozepur, June 2 -- Unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants shot dead a 38-year-old grocery shop owner in broad daylight in Ferozepur's Makhu town on Monday.

The victim, Gurcharan Singh, alias Kala, a local resident, was attending to customers at his shop near the market gurdwara when the assailants struck. One of the shooters entered the shop and allegedly opened fire at close range.

According to police and eyewitnesses, three shots were fired in quick succession before the attackers fled the scene on their motorcycle. A grievously injured Gurcharan was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

The daring attack, carried out in a busy market area during peak business hours and barely a few hundred metres from the...