Sudhir Suri, a Hindutva right wing leader in Punjab, was shot dead on a busy street in Amritsar this afternoon in an attack that was caught on camera while there were over a dozen cops around him.
Leader of a local outfit that uses the name Shiv Sena Taksali, Mr Suri was holding protest outside a temple against its management when at least five shots were fired from a pistol, allegedly by a local shopkeeper.
Mr Suri had police protection of 12 men, and there were local cops deployed at the spot, yet the attacker — Sandeep Singh, who has been arrested — was successful in landing at least two shots that killed him before he could be brought to a hospital. "The weapon has been seized and further investigation is on," said city police chief commissioner, Arun Pal Singh, who did not give more details on the motive of the attacker.
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