Rohtak, Oct. 25 -- Sonepat police said that a father and son were shot at by assailants who were in a Mahindra Scorpio on Friday. The duo were on their way to appear in a court hearing near Kharkhauda by-pass in Sonepat district.

The deceased have been identified as Dharambir, 50 and his 25-year-old son Mohit, who was out on bail ina murder case for which he was to appear in court. The incident took place when the father-son duo were going from their village Gopalpur to Sonepat to appear in a court hearing and the attackers chased them and opened fire near Kharkhauda bypass.

Sonepat DCP (crime) Narender Singh said that after executing the crime, the attackers tried to flee but their Scorpio rammed into a divider.

"The attackers left th...