India, Nov. 4 -- A 22-year-old kabaddi player, Gurinder Singh, was killed, while his friend, Dharam Pal sustained serious injuries after four men on motorcycles opened fire at them at Manki village of Ludhiana district on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

This is the second targeted killing in Ludhiana since October 31 when a 25-year-old Jagraon kabaddi player was murdered.

SP (detective) Pawanjeet Singh said Gurinder, a village-level kabaddi player, was sitting along with his friends Dharam Pal and Lovepreet Singh on a culvert near the village at 9pm when the armed assailants arrived on two motorcycles and suddenly opened fire with the intent to kill. Gurinder died on the way to hospital, while Dharam Pal suffered a gunshot wound t...