QUETTA Unidentified assailants gunned down a Shia leader in Sariab area of Quetta on Friday, police said. The President of Kashmiri Imam Bargah, Ali Mohammad was passing through the street in Shahjee Chowk on Sariab Road when unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate firing on him. Later they fled from the scene. He received three bullets on his head and three on the chest that caused his on the spot death. The body of deceased was shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta for autopsy. Later, the body later handed over to his heirs for burial. According to eyewitnesses, the victim had a pistol in his possession perhaps for self-defence and the attackers took it away before fleeing from the site. It can be an incident of sectarian killing and police are investigating into the matter, said a police official. Police have registered a case and started investigation.