AAP leader shot dead outside a gurudwara in Punjab's Jalandhar

Chandigarh (PTI): Punjab Aam Aadmi Party leader Lucky Oberoi was shot dead on Friday outside a gurudwara 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 had arrived at the gurdwara in his Thar vehicle 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, police said.

Further investigations are on, they said.