Gurdaspur: One student dies, four injured in firing

A student died when a group of car-borne youngsters fired at him while four of his colleagues were injured, two of them seriously, outside the precincts of a private educational institution at Hardan village, near here, on Tuesday.

The village is located on the Hardochani road and falls under the Sadar police station. The cops have registered a case. The police said the deceased had been identified as Gurjeet Singh, a resident of Kot Dinanath village.

The two seriously injured youngsters have been rushed to an Amritsar-based private hospital. Their condition is said to be critical. The other two have been admitted to the Gurdaspur Civil Hospital.

The police have recovered a sharp-edged weapon from the two-wheeler of Gurjeet Singh.

Sources said two groups of students were involved in a brawl yesterday too. “This incident is an off-shoot of yesterday’s development,” said an officer.

He said a group of youngsters were sitting outside their institution when some unidentified car borne persons indiscriminately fired upon them.

SSP Aditya said the cops had found some clues and hoped to nab the persons who opened fire soon.