Ludhiana, April 10 -- A labourer was critically injured after two armed robbers allegedly shot at him and his two associates and snatched their bike, police said.

Police said the incident took place near Dayalpura village on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh national highway around 6.30pm when three migrant labourers were returning home from work.

The victims, who had finished tile-laying work at a petrol pump in Haidon village, were riding a motorcycle back to Samrala when they were intercepted by two unidentified men on another motorcycle.

The assailants, whose faces were covered, signalled them labourers to stop and fired as they did not comply.

According to the complaint, the accused fired two shots and a bullet hit 35-year-old Suman Mandal...