LUCKNOW, Feb. 3 -- Three days after a retired Indian Air Force honorary flying lieutenant was shot at and injured outside his restaurant in the Sushant Golf City area, eight special teams of the Lucknow police are still searching for the assailants, officials said on Monday.

The victim, identified as 60-year-old Awadesh Kumar Pathak, was shot on Friday night at Shopping Square-2 in the Ansal township, where he runs a restaurant, Rasoi by Maa after retiring in April 2022. The incident sent shockwaves through the neighbourhood, prompting heightened police presence in the area.

Police said the motive for the attack is yet to be ascertained. "We are trying to find out the motive. Our teams are working day and night to trace the accused," sa...