Caught on camera: AAP Municipal Councillor shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Punjab’s Malerkotla

Parvesh Sharma

Malerkotla, July 31

AAP Municipal Councillor Mohd Akbar was shot dead by unidentified assailants at a gym here on Sunday.

The incident has been caught on a CCTV camera. It shows Akbar moving towards an alleged assailant inside a gym. As the councillor went further near, the attacker took out a pistol and fired at him.

“Akbar had gone to the gym for workout when he was shot dead by two unidentified persons. Further investigation is under way,” Malerkotla SSP Avneet Sidhu said.

Malerkotla AAP MLA Jamil Ur Rehman said Akbar was their party councillor. “We are helping police in investigation to nab the assailants,” the MLA said.

Akbar had become a councillor on the Congress ticket, but later switched sides to the Aam Aadmi Party.

A case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 25/54/59 Arms Act has been registered against unidentified attackers on the complaint of slain councillor’s wife Akbari.