LUCKNOW, Feb. 1 -- A retired Indian Air Force (IAF) officer was shot in the head at close range outside his restaurant in Ansal's Shopping Square-2 on Friday night, leaving him critically injured in what police suspect was a targeted attack. Mithilesh Pathak, wife of victim Awadesh Kumar Pathak, 60, said the attackers approached him around 10 pm and asked his name. Before he could respond, one of them fired a shot at his right temple and fled the scene. Pathak, an honorary flight lieutenant in the IAF, retired in 2022, was loading goods from his shop at Shopping Square-1, Shop Number-222, into his car when the attack occurred, said deputy commissioner of police (DCP) (South) Nipun Agarwal.htc...