Highlights
- Mohammad Akbar, an Aam Aadmi Party municipal councillor was shot dead.
- As per reports, he was shot from a close range when he was in a gym.
- Efforts are on to trace the assailants, the Punjab Police informed.
AAP municipal councillor shot dead: Mohammad Akbar, an Aam Aadmi Party municipal councillor was shot dead by two unidentified persons in Punjab's Malerkotla district on Sunday, police said, reported news agency PTI. As per reports, he was shot from a close range when he was in a gym.
"A person came in the gym and he shot him (Akbar)," said Malerkotla Senior Superintendent of Police Avneet Kaur Sidhu. A bullet hit Akbar and he died on the spot, police said, adding that the assailants fled after committing the crime.
Efforts are on to trace the assailants, said Sidhu, adding a case has been registered in this regard.
