Sukhvinder was walking home from practice on Tuesday afternoon when two assailants on scooter shot him twice in the chest. The attackers then pumped a third bullet in his head when he fell down on the road.
"He was returning home when two people came on a two-wheeler and shot him just a few yards away from the house. By the time we reached the spot, he was already dead," Sukhvinder's father Chander Singh said.
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The killers were seen fleeing from the crime scene immediately. Sources told India Today that the killers had conducted a recce before carrying out the crime.
In December 2015, another kabbadi player Deepak Kumar alias Deepak Pehalwan was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne men.
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