Chandigarh, Feb. 11 -- A 33-year-old man from Punjab's Barnala district, Manpreet Singh alias Mani, was shot dead in Manila, Philippines, by unidentified gunmen.
According to reports reaching his hometown in Sandhu Patti, Manpreet was targeted by three motorcycle-borne assailants while he was on his way to work. The attackers reportedly fired six rounds at him in a secluded area, leading to his immediate death.
Manpreet had moved to Manila in 2017 in pursuit of better career opportunities to support his family. He had visited his home in Barnala to attend a family wedding and celebrate Diwali, returning to the Philippines on October 9. The victim, whose father is a daily wage labourer and grandmother a school teacher, had been married for...