Hisar :
A district-level volleyball player was shot dead by armed assailants at Siswal village of Hisar district, police said here on Wednesday.

The incident took place around 10 pm on Tuesday under Adampur police station area when Kuldeep (25) was returning to his house in the village on a bike from the community centre’s volleyball ground, police said.

Before he could reach home, unidentified people came and opened several rounds of fire at Kuldeep, killing him on the spot, they said.

There was no streetlight when the firing incident took place and the accused managed to flee from the spot, the victim’s kin said.

After receiving information, the police and a forensic team reached the spot and started investigation.

The police have sent the body to civil hospital here for post-mortem examination.
A case had been registered and investigation was on, the police said.