Punjab counter-intelligence ASI shot dead in Tarn Taran; gangster's alleged claim under scrutiny

Chandigarh, Oct 11 (UNI) A 55-year-old Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector (ASI), posted with the Counter Intelligence wing in Ferozepur, was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants in Tarn Taran district on Sunday evening, barely a month after his nephew was killed in a separate shooting. The deceased, identified as ASI Iqbal Singh, a resident of Naushera Pannuan, was returning home on his motorcycle after completing duty when the attackers intercepted him near the Patwarkhana on the Naushera-Lohka road at around 7.30 p.m. and opened fire. Singh sustained two bullet injuries and died at the scene, police said. The assailants fled…