Tribune News Service
Morinda, December 8
Two unidentified persons shot dead Udhampur village former sarpanch Avtar Singh (58) here today.
Avtar Singh, a former secretary of the Bassi Gujran cooperative society, was now a nambardar of the village. He had reportedly returned home after delivering milk at a milk collection centre in the village around 7.30 am when two unidentified youths fired upon him indiscriminately.
He was taken to the local government hospital, where doctors declared him “brought dead”. There were eight bullet injuries on his body.
Believed to be a confidant of Chief Minister Charnajit Singh Channi, the deceased was appointed director of Land Mortgage Bank recently.
Ropar SSP Vivek Sheel Soni said the police had got some leads in the case and the assailants would be nabbed soon. The CCTV footage of the suspects had been seized, he added.
Sources say the assailants initially went to the milk collection centre to enquire about Avtar. Later, they reached his home and called him out. They asked him his name to verify the identity of their target.
Avtar’s wife Kulbir Kaur said they had three children and all of them were in Canada. She said she had no idea about the accused as her husband had no enemies. She was in the kitchen when the incident took place. On hearing the sound of firing, she ran out only to find her husband lying in a pool of blood.
Had eight bullet injuries
- Avtar Singh returned home after delivering milk around 7.30 am on Wednesday
- Two youths reached there, asked him his name and fired upon him indiscriminately
- Doctors declared him ‘brought dead’ at hospital; he had received 8 bullet injuries
Ex-sarpanch Avtar Singh shot in Morinda
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