CONGMAN OPENS FIRE, BOOKED FOR MURDER BID
BATHINDA: Voting at a polling station in Talwandi Sabo was affected for more than oneand-a-half hours due to a firing incident in which two Akali workers were injured.
Congress district president (rural) Khushbaz Singh Jatana was booked for firing at least six rounds at Akali workers near a polling station. He was booked under Sections 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC, Arms Act and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. Two Akali workers Billu Singh and Gursharan Singh were injured in the firing.
Congress’s Bathinda candidate Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said Jatana opened fire in self-defence. “On learning that Akalis were trying to bribe voters, our team rushed to the spot where a group of SAD workers attacked them and he fired in self defence,” said Warring.
No arrest was made till the filing of the report late evening. Police said it was a matter of investigation how Jatana carried a weapon when all firearms needed to be deposited with the police.
In another incident, vehicle of Akali leader Sikandar Maluka was damaged by a mob at Kangar village near Rampura Phul, which is part of Faridkot parliamentary segment.
Two Akali workers Paramjit Singh and Sabarjit Singh were hurt in the clash. An Akali leader, Sukhman Sandhu, was accused of opening fire at Lal Singh Basti locality in Bathinda, in which one person was injured. A Congressman was thrashed at a village in Ferozepur. In Ferozepur, Angrej Singh, a Congress leader, was attacked with sharp weapons allegedly by some Akali supporters and his car was also damaged.