2 men open fire on AAP leader
As I got off the car, a motorcyclist opened fire. The first bullet hit the bumper of my car while the second hit a wall. Later, two more shots were fired following which my driver pushed me inside the gate of house.
BATALA:Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gurpartap Singh Khushalpur escaped unhurt on Sunday night when two unidentified persons opened fire on him at his native Khushalpur village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.
Police said the incident took place when Khushalpur, who contested the assembly elections from the Dera Baba Nanak constituency, reached near his house at Mohalla Fateh Singh.
Police officials of Batala police district, including senior superintendent of police (SSP) Deepak Hilori, rushed to the spot and started investigation.
In his complaint to the police, Khushalpur said around 9.30pm when he, along with four other persons, returned home after a workers’ meeting, two persons riding a motorcycle chased them.
“As I got off the car, one of the motorcyclists opened fire. The first bullet hit the bumper of my car while the second bullet hit a wall. Later, two more shots were fired following which my driver pushed me inside the gate of house,” he said. The assailants managed to flee.
Station house officer Dera Baba Nanak Satinder Singh said a case under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against two unidentified persons.
“We are working on various theories. We have got CCTV footage of all cameras installed on the road leading to Khushalpur’s house,” he said.
Kushalpur was once close to senior Akali leader Ranjit Singh Brahmpura and also remained the chairman of Punjab Surgerfed, but after being denied ticket from Dera Baba Nanak, he joined the AAP. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Monday told the Punjab and Haryana high court that a nodal authority for looking into complaints of bungling in admissions and charging of fee by the health sciences educational institutions or nursing institutions was in process.
The information was given before HC bench of justice SS Saron and justice Darshan Singh during the resumed hearing of public interest litigation.
The petitioner, advocate HC Arora, had submitted in court that in the recent past, bungling in admissions to nursing courses conducted by institutions had taken place, and even a vigilance inquiry into the matter had been ordered by the government in June, 2016.
The authority is set up under Section 8 of the Punjab Private Health Sciences Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission, Fixation of Fee and Making of Reservation) Act, 2006, for ensuring that private health sciences educational institutions (nursing institutions) in the state to conduct admissions in a fair and transparent manner and for fixation of fee etc.