The incident took place yesterday at Sahnewal police station when the resident of Kube village shot at the man, arrested for damaging the holy book, police said, adding that the villager has been arrested.
The man was rushed to a nearby hospital with three bullet wounds, Commissioner of Police Ishwar Chander told reporters here today.
The man had allegedly torn some pages of the book in a shrine near Sahnewal area following which the locals thrashed him and later handed him over to police, he said.
In view of the mounting tension, additional police personnel have been deployed in the area to maintain peace, the official said.
