A Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in Naushehra Pannuna here on Sunday evening.
Police said they are investigating the case, considering all aspects, examining CCTV footage from nearby areas, and dispatching multiple teams to trace and apprehend the assailants.
Sukhchain Singh, posted as ASI in the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Amritsar, sustained a bullet injury to his left arm. Following the Sunday murder incident, opposition parties criticised the AAP government over the law and order issue. This has now become intolerable”.
The latest incident closely followed an assistant sub-inspector being shot at by three motorcycle-borne assailants in Amritsar on October 4.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (Ferozepur Range) Snehdeep Sharma said ASI Iqbal Singh, who was posted in Makhu in Ferozepur district, was returning home when two unidentified bike-borne assailants attacked him. Sharma said the assailants fired multiple shots from point-blank range, with two bullets hitting the victim. Police said they are investigating the case, considering all aspects, examining CCTV footage from nearby areas, and dispatching multiple teams to trace and apprehend the assailants. Targeting chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who also holds the home portfolio, Majithia said he is busy criticising opponents and entertaining people with jokes, “while murders of police personnel continue.
