AAP leader Lucky Oberoi was shot dead in Punjab's Jalandhar on Friday morning. According to preliminary findings, multiple shots were fired at him by unidentified bike-borne attackers outside a Gurdwara in Model Town.
Five bullets struck him while he was in his car. He was rushed immediately to a private hospital for treatment and was declared dead after succumbing to his injuries.
Poberoi was parking his car outside the gurdwara when the attackers approached on a bike and shot at him
A police team was dispatched to the location as soon as information was received.
Oberoi’s wife had previously contested the municipal election as an AAP candidate but was unsuccessful.
Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, too, to X to say
Law and order in Punjab has collapsed under @BhagwantMann’s watch. The shocking daylight murder of @AAPPunjab leader Lucky Oberoi outside a gurdwara in Jalandhar exposes the grim reality: if even ruling party leaders aren’t safe, what hope remains for ordinary citizens?