India, Nov. 20 -- A brazen daylight assault on a real-estate agent has triggered a full-scale manhunt by the Kandivali Police after three assailants opened fire at him on Wednesday at around 2pm near the Garuda petrol pump in the Charkop area. The victim, identified as Freddy D'Lima (in his 40s), was critically injured after being shot multiple times. Two bullets were later removed by doctors.

According to police sources, D'Lima, who works as an estate agent in Kandivali West, had just exited a friend's shop near Father Susai English High School and was walking to his car when the attack occurred. At that moment, three men on a motorcycle approached him. One of the men, clad in a helmet, dismounted and fired from what is believed to be a...