2 brothers shot dead in Hisar

Hisar, Aug 4 : Two real brothers were shot dead and their friend was injured when some assailants opened fire on them in Balmiki Basti, police today said. The deceased have been identified as Sachin and Sunil. Their friend Vinod suffered injuries in the incident took place late last night. In a statement to the police, Vinod said Sunil, Sachin, Ajay and some other friends were playing cards outside their house in the street. An accomplice of accused Shankar came on the spot and argued with Sunil and others. Then Shankar opened indiscriminate fire on them from a pistol and shot dead Sachin and Sunil outside his house. Police have nabbed main accused Shankar and his accomplice Vicky. Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased blocked the road near Parijat chowk here. They raised slogans and demanded financial compensation, government job to a family member of the deceased and also immediate arrest of the accused. Later, SDM Paramjit Dhall visited the civil hospital and met the family members of the deceased. Police sent the bodies for postmortem. UNI