Ferozepur, Dec. 12 -- A 24-year-old youth, Akash, was shot dead by four car-borne assailants in the parking lot of the Abohar court complex in Fazilka district, where he had come for a hearing in an Arms Act case, on Thursday afternoon, police said.

Fazilka senior superintendent of police (SSP) Gurmeet Singh, in a press conference in the evening, said that the four accused have been arrested, while the fifth accused has also been identified.

"The weapon used in the crime is yet to be recovered. Prima facie, it appears to be a fallout of an ongoing gang rivalry," Gurmeet Singh said, adding that the fifth accused, whose name has been withheld, has also been identified and efforts are on to arrest him.

"The four assailants came in a car, ...