Ludhiana, Aug. 24 -- Panic gripped Sundar Nagar Chowk in Ludhiana on Saturday night after unidentified bike-borne assailants shot dead Kartik Baggan, who had been facing several cases of crime, and left his friend injured in what police suspect to be a fallout of a gang rivalry.

According to police, Baggan was driving a scooter with his friend Sarwan as pillion rider when they were ambushed near Sundar Nagar Chowk. Sarwan told police that the assailants opened fire from behind, hitting him on his back, thus forcing both to fall on the road. The attackers then pumped at least five bullets into Baggan before fleeing the spot.

Sarwan, who sustained a bullet injury, was rushed to the Christian Medical College and Hospital where he is underg...