Zirakpur, June 24 -- A property dealer was shot at by two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle on Zirakpur's Tehsil Road, just 100 metres from the local police station, on Monday.

The incident took place outside Dheeman Document Centre when the victim, identified as Jagtar Singh, a resident of Kheri Sundran village, had gone for registry-related work. He took a bullet to his back but has been operated upon and is said to be out of danger.

According to police, Jagtar Singh had arrived at the document centre around 2.20 pm to get papers typed for a property registry. After waiting for a while, he went for lunch at Kohinoor Dhaba on a two-wheeler with his acquaintance, also named Jagtar Singh, a resident of Padwala.

As the two were ret...