An international-level kabaddi player, Sandeep Singh Nangal Ambian, was shot dead on Monday, 14 March, while he was attending a kabaddi tournament in Malian village near Punjab's Jalandhar, police said, according to NDTV.
The 40-year-old was rushed to a hospital. However, the doctors there declared him brought dead.
A video of the murder has gone viral on social media.
What Had Happened?
According to a report in The Times of India, the player was shot dead by four unidentified assailants when he was coming out of the tournament site. The assailants reportedly arrived in a car and fled the scene after shooting him.
The police said they suspected that at least 8-10 bullets were fired at Sandeep. "Further investigations are on. More details will be known after the post-mortem examination," said Jalandhar police.
A resident of Nangal Ambiyan Village at Shahkot, Sandeep had settled in England along with his family. He, however, used to conduct kabaddi tournaments in Punjab, the police said.
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, meanwhile, has "strongly" condemned Sandeep's murder and demanded the "immediate arrest of the killers."
"I strongly condemn the murderous attack on Sandeep Nangal Ambiyan, a promising Kabaddi player. His untimely demise is a never-ending loss to the Kabaddi world. Condolences to Sandeep's family and kabaddi lovers, I demand immediate arrest of the killers," he wrote on Twitter in Punjabi.
(With inputs from NDTV, The Times of India.)
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