India, Dec. 11 -- A youth was shot dead by three car-borne assailants in the parking lot of the Abohar court complex in Fazilka district, where he had gone for a hearing in an Arms Act case, on Thursday afternoon, police said.

Fazilka senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gurmeet Singh said the three assailants came in a car and one of them opened fire at Akash, alias Golu Pandit, a resident of Abohar. Six rounds were fired at Akash from close range, the SSP said, adding the assailants have been identified and efforts are on to arrest them.

"Prima facie, it appears to be a fallout of an ongoing gang rivalry. The district police will not tolerate gangsters. The accused have been identified and will be arrested soon. They will not be spar...