Chandigarh, Oct. 11 -- A 55-year-old Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI), posted with the Counter Intelligence wing in Ferozepur, was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in Tarn Taran district on Sunday evening, barely a month after his nephew was killed in a separate shooting.
The deceased, identified as ASI Iqbal Singh, a resident of Naushera Pannuan, was returning home on his motorcycle after completing duty when the attackers intercepted him near the Patwarkhana on the Naushera-Lohka road at around 7.30 p.m. and opened fire.
Singh sustained two bullet injuries and died at the scene, police said. The assailants fled under the cover of darkness.
Tarn Taran Senior Superintendent of Police Surinder Kumar Lamba, ...