07
Oct
Tarn Taran (Gurpreet Singh)— A village sarpanch was shot dead in broad daylight by unidentified assailants in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, triggering widespread panic and renewed scrutiny over targeted extortion crimes in the border region. The victim, identified as Ashwani Kumar, the village head of Dhun Dhaiewala, was ambushed while carrying out routine morning work in the locality. Eyewitnesses reported that armed perpetrators arrived on motorcycles, cornered Kumar at close range, and unleashed an indiscriminate barrage of gunfire before fleeing the scene. Kumar suffered multiple bullet wounds and collapsed in a pool of blood; he was rushed to a nearby…