Punjab Aam Aadmi Party leader Lucky Oberoi was shot dead on Friday outside a gurdwara in Jalandhar's Model Town by unidentified assailants, police said.
The incident took place in the morning, a senior police official from Jalandhar said over the phone. Oberoi arrived at the gurdwara in his car when the assailants, who
were on a two-wheeler, opened fire at him.
He was rushed to a hospital in Jalandhar, but succumbed to injuries, ACP Jalandhar, Parminder Singh said. Police said the attackers fired at least five rounds at the vehicle and fled.
After the incident, a police force reached the spot.