Ina shocking incident, four members of a family were shot dead and two othersinjured in a clash between two groups allegedly over ‘Love affair’ in Balarwalvillage in Gurdaspur district early this morning.
Asper information, the boy's family was working in their fields when the girl'sfamily opened fire, killing four people and injuring two others. The dead andinjured are members of the same family.
Divulgingdetails, Jaspal Singh, a family member of the victims informed that their sonhad an affair with a girl from the same village and the girl's family had cometo know about it. “On Saturday morning, the boy's family was working in theirfields and meanwhile the girl's father and some other people came there andsuddenly opened fire”, he said.
Hesaid that four people, including Jasbir Singh, Babandeep Singh, Mangal Singhand Sukhwinder Singh, were killed and two others - Harman Singh and JashanpreetSingh, were injured in the attack.
Hefurther informed that the two injured were immediately rushed to the nearbycivil hospital.
DrGursharan Singh of Civil Hospital Batala, said that a firing incident tookplace at Balarwal village early this morning in which four people were shotdead, the dead bodies of whom are kept in mortuary here. He said two peoplehave been severely injured and seeing their critical situation, they have beenreferred to Amritsar for treatment.
DSPHarkishan Singh, who reached the spot immediately after receiving information,said that Sukhwinder Singh Soni, a resident of Balarwal village, opened fireand injured six people, two of whom were dead on the spot and two died on theway to the hospital and two others who were injured are undergoing treatment atthe Civil Hospital Batala. “An investigation is underway and a case will beregistered on the statement of the victim’s family and further action will betaken”, he said.