A man miraculously survived a shooting on National Highway 44 near Phagwara, with authorities investigating potential links to a prior drug case involving the victim.
IMAGE: Photograph: Kind courtesy SAS Nagar Police/X
Key Points
- A man was shot at while driving on the Phagwara-Jalandhar section of National Highway 44.
- The victim, Sukhwinder Kumar, escaped unhurt by speeding away from the scene.
- Sukhwinder Kumar alleges the shooting is connected to a drug case filed against him last year.
- Police have launched an investigation into the shooting incident near Phagwara.
A man sitting in his car was shot at on the Phagwara-Jalandhar section of National Highway 44 on Thursday with a gun fired from another car, police said.
Sukhwinder Kumar, alias Honey, escaped unhurt as he sped away, they said.
A resident of Kanshi Nagar in Phagwara, Sukhwinder, told reporters that he was driving when he was fired at near a hotel on the highway.
He alleged that certain elements connected with a drug case filed last year against him were behind the firing.
A case was filed in connection with the shooting and a police investigation launched.
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