Muktsar: Armed assailants kill man going for health check-up

Armed assailants killed a 54-year-old man on the Mrar Kalan-Khara link road this morning, while he, along with his son, was going to Chandigarh in a car for his health check-up.

The deceased was later identified as Lakhbir Singh, a farmer of Mrar Kalan village. He was reportedly suffering from hepatitis-C. His son Pyarjeet Singh also suffered injuries on the shoulder.

Sources said when the car reached near the railway crossing on the outskirts of their village, some armed assailants intercepted that and attacked them with sharp-edged weapons and killed the man on the spot.

Before fleeing, the assailants took away the cellphones of the deceased and his son.

The cause of murder was yet to be ascertained. Muktsar SSP Tushar Gupta said, “It is too early to comment on it. A case has been registered and the investigation is underway.”