The assailants came in a car and shot at Gurdev Singh, leaving him seriously injured, they said.
Singh was running a grocery shop in front of a Gurudwara in the village where a theft of religious scriptures had taken place around six months ago, police said.
The victim was admitted to a hospital in Ludhiana, police said, adding a case has been registered in this connection and a search is on to nab the attackers.