Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 20

Sachin Jain (32), the owner of a general store, who was seriously injured in a firing incident that was reported on Monday night near Sodhal Road here, breathed his last on Tuesday. A bullet had pierced through his ribs and the stomach.

According to sources, the incident was reported at around 9pm when Jain, owner of Jain Karyana Store, had just left for home after closing his shop when three miscreants reached outside his shop and asked him to give them money. He resisted and in an attempt to foil the robbery, the accused fired at him and fled from the spot.

While no bullet shell was recovered from the area, eye-witnesses told the police that Sachin was running here and there for help. Subsequently, his two friends took him on a scooter to four private hospitals which refused to admit him. Then they admitted him to the Civil Hospital.

After a delay of 45 minutes in first-aid medication, he was treated at the Civil Hospital from where he was shifted to a private hospital. However, despite best efforts, the doctors could not save him and he succumbed to the bullet injury in the wee hours on Tuesday. The bullet had pierced deep into his stomach, causing excessive blood loss and infection. The victim is survived by a two-month-old child and his wife.

Later in the evening, the Commissionerate Police claimed to have identified two accused involved in the murder case. Both accused have been identified as Arshpreet Singh, alias Wadda Preet, of Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Nagar and Deepak, a resident of Haripur village under the Adampur police station.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Gurmeet Singh said as per information, both the accused had a scuffle with Jain to snatch some money from him and one of the miscreants fired a shot at him.