Youth Akali Dal leader Vicky Middukhera was shot dead in broad daylight in Mohali on Saturday after being chased by two armed men who fired around 15 bullets at the young leader in the Mataur market at around 10.30 am before fleeing the spot.
According to CCTV footage, four armed men fired around 10 bullets at Middukhera, killing him on the spot. In the video, Middukhera could be seen running away from the armed men, who were waiting in a car parked near his vehicle.
According to reports, Middukhera had come to meet his friend in an SUV near a property consultant’s office at a market in Mataur. He was taken to hospital in a PCR van from the spot where succumbed to his injuries.
Empty shells have been recovered from the spot. Police are scanning the CCTV footage from the area. SSP Satinder Singh and the DSP rushed to the spot.
Middukhera was a student leader and was once president of Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), Panjab University, Chandigarh. Later, he joined the SAD’s student wing Student Organisation of India (SOI).