India, Jan. 4 -- Aam Aadmi Party leader and sarpanch of Tarn Taran district's Valtoha village in Punjab, 50-year-old Jarmal Singh was shot dead by two unidentified men in Amritsar district while attending a wedding function at a popular resort near the Verka bypass on Sunday.

The shocking killing of the ruling party leader, which happened when AAP MLA Sarwan Singh Dhun was at the same venue, comes just weeks after the murder of kabaddi player-cum-promoter Kanwar Digvijay Singh, alias Rana Balachauria, 30, who was shot dead in Mohali on December 15 during a tournament by three assailants.

Much like Jarmal Singh's murder, Rana was also shot dead in a public setting in presence of several kabaddi players and spectators at around 5.30 pm on...