Akali Dal Councillor Shot Useless By Males On Bike In Punjab’s Amritsar




New Delhi:

A Shiromani Akali Dal Councillor was shot useless by three bike-borne males in Punjab’s Amritsar earlier in the present day. The sufferer, Harjinder Singh Bahman, was killed close to a Gurdwara in Amritsar.

The household of the sufferer claimed that “the attackers had been the identical people who beforehand issued him threats and opened fireplace at his residence.” 

The Akali Councillor got here to Chheharta in Amritsar to attend a operate. As quickly as he got here out, masked males on a motorbike opened fireplace.

Further Deputy Commissioner of Police, Harpal Singh Randhawa, mentioned, “Harjinder was on his approach when at the very least three males on a motorbike approached him and opened fireplace. The sufferer died of his accidents within the hospital.”

The police mentioned they’ve began an investigation.

Shiromani Akali Dal Normal Secretary, Bikram Singh Majithia, shared CCTV footage from the assault on Harjinder Singh’s residence that occurred a number of days in the past. Mr Majithia referred to as out the “deteriorating legislation and order scenario” in Punjab and alleged that no motion was taken when the Councillor was threatened, and “in the present day he was murdered”. 

The footage confirmed two males, with different faces lined, strolling in a slim road and approaching a home round 1 am. A person is holding a telephone, whereas the opposite opens fireplace at Harjinder Singh’s home. 

The 2 attackers loaded their weapons. One in all them saved pulling the set off, however no bullets had been fired, whereas the opposite loaded the weapon and fired two pictures. The attackers then walked away.

Mr Majithia requested the Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab authorities why no “motion was taken after a grievance was acquired from the Director Normal of Police,” including that the AAP authorities ought to “wake from their sleep and restore the legislation and order scenario within the state.”