Amritsar, Jan. 5 -- An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and a village sarpanch was allegedly shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants during a wedding in Amritsar, police said.

According to police, the victim, identified as sarpanch Jarmal Singh (50) from Valtoha village of Tarn Taran district, was shot dead from point-blank range by two people who posed as guests during the wedding. The incident took place at a resort near the Verka Bypass in Amritsar.

The shocking killing of the ruling party leader, which happened when AAP's Khemkaran MLA Sarwan Singh Dhun was at the same venue, comes a day after a Congress worker was gunned down in Moga's Bhinder Kalan village.

The Amritsar killing also comes just weeks after the murder of kabaddi...