JOIN USA Hindu outfit leader was shot dead in full public view by four unidentified men in the Bharat Nagar locality on the Amritsar-Batala road here today, police said, PTI reports from Amritsar.
Hindu Sangarsh Sena district chief Vipan Sharma (45) was standing with a friend outside a shop in the bustling Bharat Nagar locality when around a dozen bullets were pumped into him, the police said.
The killing comes within a fortnight of the gunning down of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana on October 17.
Two of the four masked youths, including one sporting a turban, pumped bullets into Sharma's body and fled the spot on their motorcycles, police said.
Sharma was rushed to the Escort Hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Few of the deceased's relatives and friends claimed that he had recently applied for police protection, since he was active in raising his voice against the 'Ghalughara week' (Operation Blue Star anniversary), the police commissioner said.