The broad daylight murder of another Hindu leader on Monday added to already long list of murderous attacks on the leaders belonging to the religious or right-wing outfits in Punjab. 

Just like many previous incidents, two unidentified men shot a Shiv Sena activist in Bharat Nagar locality of Amritsar in a broad light.

The victim, identified as Vipin Sharma, suffered around seven bullet injuries following which he was rushed to local Fortis Escort hospital, where he died.

Sources in the police are suspecting it to be an act of Khalistan men as the victim has been openly vocal for the Hindu rights during Shiv sena rallies in the city.

A local Shiv sena leader Chetan Kakkar termed it as an act of Sikh activists saying that the victim was active in the rallies and protests held for the welfare of Hindus.

"He was vocal against threat to Hindus from Sikh terror groups. He was repeatedly getting life threats and police was informed, but to no avail. This will lead to an ugly situation in the city if local authorities will continue to sit quiet. It is a shame for the police that he was attacked in broad day light," he said.

This is the second incident in Punjab in this month where a religious leader was shot dead. On 17 October, an RSSIJleader was shot dead by two unidentified men in ludhiana.

The incident is the latest in a series of targeted murders in the state in two years that have remained a mystery. There have been nine killings of right wing and other religious leaders.

Almost all of them were shot by two unidentified, bike-borne persons. However, the police have failed to make any headway in any of these cases.