Punjab Police constable Mandeep Singh, who was posted as a gunman with the Nakodar material dealer and was shot at by assailants on Wednesday, succumbed to bullet accidents in Jalandhar on Thursday morning.

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Punjab Police Chief Gaurav Yadav tweeted, “Salute to martyr constable Mandeep Singh who laid down his life within the line of responsibility. Punjab Police will make the perpetrators pay and take care of the martyr’s household.”

Chief minister Bhagwant Mann has announced 2 crore as ex gratia and insurance payment.

Jalandhar range inspector general of police Gursharan Singh Sandhu said, “We have gotten important clues within the probe and investigation is on.”

Mandeep was sitting in the front seat of the car along with cloth trader Bhupinder Singh, alias Timmi Chawla, 29, when four motorcycle-borne unidentified assailants opened fire on them at the main market in Nakodar city of Jalandhar district on Wednesday evening.

Extortion call from gangster Rinda

Bhupinder Singh, who had a police protection, was shot dead by the assailants a month after receiving an extortion call of 30 lakh, allegedly by gangster Harvinder Singh Rinda. A Facebook web page of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) later claimed that Bhupinder was a celebration employee.

Bhupinder is the third police protectee to have been shot lifeless in a month in Punjab. While Shiv Sena chief Sudhir Suri was killed in Amritsar on November 4, Sirsa dera follower and Bargari sacrilege accused Pardeep Singh Kataria was shot lifeless in Faridkot on November 10.

Bhupinder’s father Harminder Singh instructed police that he was about to shut his store when the assailants fired at his son.

Bhupinder had been supplied safety after he obtained an extortion name from Rinda. A case was registered on his criticism on the Nakodar metropolis police on November 3.