Punjab BJP SC morcha general secretary Balwinder Gill was shot at by unidentified persons in Amritsar's Jandiala Guru area. He was admitted to the hospital at around 10 pm on Sunday night.
"He was admitted to the hospital at around 10 pm yesterday after he was shot. The bullet hit his chin, injuring his face; his lower bone is also fractured. He is out of danger": Dr Randhir, KD Hospital, said, as per news agency ANI.
According to news agency PTI, an unidentified assailant, who had his face covered, entered Gill's residence on Sunday night and fired at the BJP leader at point-blank range, Superintendent of Police Jugraj Singh said.
Gill suffered a gunshot to his jaw and was immediately taken to a nearby hospital. As his condition worsened, Gill was later shifted to a private hospital in Amritsar, he added.
The SP said the assailant had an accomplice who was waiting outside the BJP leader's residence. The senior official stated that several police teams were working on the case and had collected vital clues from the spot.
Earlier this month, a Sikh priest was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and his leg was chopped off in Punjab's Tarn Taran district. The priest was identified as 32-year-old Sukhchain Singh.
He was attacked last night in Khadoor Sahib town and the attackers managed to escape after the incident, Senior Superintendent of Police Gurmit Chohan said, as per news agency PTI.
"His leg was chopped off brutally, besides deep cuts were inflicted on his hand's finger. His leg which the miscreants chopped off was not found around," the SSP said.
According to the preliminary investigation, the reason behind the incident could be personal animosity but it was yet to be verified, a report by the Times of India stated SSP Gurmit Chohan as saying.
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