A 25-year-old Kabaddi player, Tejpal Singh, was shot dead in Jagraon in Punjab's Ludhiana district on Friday, police said. The incident occurred near the office of Ludhiana (Rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP). Police said Singh was walking with two friends on Hari Singh Hospital Road when a group of 5 to 6 men intercepted them. The assailants brutally thrashed Singh before one of them pulled out a revolver and shot him in the chest. Singh's friends rushed him to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead, as per reports.

Soon after the attack, teams from Jagraon City Police Station reached the spot and began collecting evidence. Police said the murder appeared to be linked to an old rivalry. "The accused have been identified, and teams have been dispatched to arrest them,” said

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