CBI to catch Gagneja attackers: Rajnath
ON FOREIGN HAND SEEN BY DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER SUKHBIR BADAL IN THE ATTACK, UNION HOME MINSTER SAYS NOTHING CAN BE SAID AT THIS STAGE
JALANDHAR: Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he has asked the CBI to nab Punjab Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) vice-prersident Jagdish Gagneja’s attackers soon.
Rajnath was in Jalandhar to pay tributes to the RSS leader, who succumbed to the bullet injuries on September 22 He was shot by two unidentified bike-borne assailants in a busy market on August 6.
“I’ve told the CBI to identify the culprits and put them behind bars at the earliest,” said the home minister while expressing satisfaction over the inputs provided by the Punjab government in the case.
On foreign hand (as stated by deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal) in the attack, Rajnath said nothing can be said at this stage. “Any comment on this issue can be made only after the probe is complete,” he added.
Asked if the Centre had any information on “foreign forces” planning to disturb the communal harmony in Punjab, the home minister said all inputs are shared with state governments from time to time. “About Punjab, you all know that it’s a border state and our neighbour keeps on trying to disturb peace here,” he said.
Sukhbir, in his speech, asked people to give a strong reply to anti-national forces.
RSS leaders, who also offered tributes to Gagneja, said such attacks won’t deter the Sangh which will continue to work for the welfare of the people.