Karnal, January 17: A 40-year-old man was shot by a group of three unidentified assailants on National Highway-44 near Jhanjhari village on Thursday.
The victim was identified as Pintu alias Vikas, a resident of Dadupur Khurd. He was rushed to a private hospital and is believed to be critical.
The assailants were forced to abandon their car after it got stuck in a drain, and had to flee the crime scene in a scooter.
Pintu is the brother-in-law of former sarpanch and liquor contractor Suresh, alias Babli, a resident of Anjanthali village who was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the village few months ago, allegedly over an old enmity.
