Chandigarh, April 11 -- A shopkeeper was left critically injured on Saturday morning after an unidentified assailant opened fire at him inside his store in Rohtak, Haryana, police said.
The victim, identified as Praveen, runs a cement and iron rod business under the name Rajlakshmi Cement-Sariya on Gohana Road. He was shot at point-blank range around 9:30 am.
According to eyewitnesses, a bullet pierced through his neck and exited through his cheek, leaving him in a pool of blood. The attacker fired about three rounds before fleeing, with the additional bullets hitting various parts of the shop.
The victim's uncle, Satyanarayan, who was present at the shop during the incident, stated that the assailant approached from a side alley and sud...