ASI shot dead in Punjab's Tarn Taran district

An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with the CIA staff in Ferozepur was shot dead by unidentified assailants on the Lauhka Road in Tarn Taran district on Sunday evening.The deceased, Iqbal Singh, a resident of Naushera Pannuan village under the Sarhali police station area, was returning home after duty in Ferozepur when armed men intercepted him and opened fire around 6 pm, according to preliminary reports. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds and died on the spot.The police said the identity of the attackers and the motive behind the killing were yet to be ascertained. Senior officers, including DIG Ferozepur Range Sneh Sharma and Tarn Taran SSP Surinder Lamba, reached the spot and launched an investigation.Hours after the murder, a purported social media post attributed to foreign-based gangsters Prabh Dasuwal, Doni Bal, Mohabbat Randhawa, Afreedi Toot and Shaganpreet surfaced, claiming responsibility for the killing.