Amritsar, May 26 -- A 45-year-old Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) councillor from Jandiala Guru town was shot dead in broad daylight by bike-borne assailants in Chheharta locality here on Sunday.

Councillor from ward number 6, Harjinder Singh, also known as 'Bahman', was in Chheharta to attend a function at a gurdwara.

"After attending the function that was organised by his brother-in-law, Harjinder was going to a hotel for refreshment outside the gurdwara, when the assailants opened fire", said Harpal Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police.

The councillors was immediately rushed to hospital but he succumbed to his injuries, he added. An eyewitness, a shopkeeper, said he heard gunshots and saw a man lying in a pool of blood. "I saw ...