India, Jan. 28 -- In a brazen display of lawlessness, a man was shot dead just outside the gate of the office of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harmandeep Singh Hans in Mohali on Wednesday afternoon.

The incident, which occurred near the high-security District Administrative Complex, triggered panic as bystanders and court visitors scrambled for cover.

The deceased was identified as Gurvinder Singh, a resident of Rurkee Pukhta in Kharar town of Mohali district.

According to the police, the victim had come to the Mohali court along with his wife for a hearing in a Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) case registered against him. As the couple was walking on the road adjacent to the SSP office, two unidentified assail...