Six unidentified assailants shot dead a Dera Sacha Sauda follower in Punjab's Faridkot on Thursday. Police said that Pradeep Singh was shot at around 7.15 am in a dairy shop located in Kotkapura, Faridkot. Pradeep's bodyguard and another person were also injured in the attack.

It is reported that Canada-based gangster Goldie Brar has taken responsibility for the shooting of a Dera Sacha Sauda follower. Brar is the prime accused in the May murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Musewala.

The incident of Pradeep Singh's murder was recorded in the CCTV camera installed nearby. CCTV footage showed that two of the six motorcycle-borne assailants entered Pradeep Singh's shop and opened fire on him. After both their attackers came out of the shop, four other assailants who were waiting outside also opened fire. According to the police, Pradeep Singh's bodyguard also opened fire in retaliation. Several bullets were fired in this incident. After the incident, the attackers fled on two motorcycles while they left the third motorcycle there. Police later recovered the remaining two motorcycles from Bajakhana area, about 20 km from Kotkapura.

Pradeep Singh was accused of stealing a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib from Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village in June 2015 and also in a case related to the finding of torn pages of a Sikh religious book at Bargarhi, Faridkot in October the same year. were accused. At present he was out on bail. Pradeep Singh's murder comes days after Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri was assassinated in Amritsar on November 4. In both the cases, the victims were given police protection.