Father-Son Duo Shot Dead In Punjab's Hoshiarpur, Police Launch Manhunt

Hoshiarpur: In Punjab 's Hoshiarpur, two bike-borne unidentified assailants killed a man and his son outside a health centre in a village on Sunday evening. A senior Punjab police official confirmed the incident saying that during the initial inquiry, it surfaced that the murder was due to an old enmity. A case has been registered in the incident and a manhunt has been launched to nab the accused. 

The police official stated that Kashmiri Lal along with his son, Amarjit Singh, both residents of Talwandi Arayian, went to the Public Health Centre in Chakowal Brahmana village to meet his daughter-in-law, who gave birth to a child. 

When they came out of the PHC, two men on a motorbike came and opened fire on them, they said.

They were rushed to a hospital in Jalandhar where they succumbed to their injuries, police added.

Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Sarbjit Singh Bahia said preliminary investigation suggests the attack was the result of an old enmity between the deceased and the suspects.

Further investigations are underway, Bahia added.