One held for Batala Akali worker’s murder

BATALA : Police on Monday arrested one of the accused in the case involving the murder of a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) worker in Batala sub-division of Gurdaspur district.

Manjot Singh was shot dead at Kullian Said Mubarak village on Sunday while two of his associates, including an NRI, were assaulted.

Batala senior superintendent of police (SSP) Opinderjit Singh Ghuman said on the statement of the victim’s cousin Kuldeep Singh, a case was registered under Sections 302, 307, 148, 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act against Gurdeep Singh, a lawyer, his father Joginder Singh, mother Kulwant Kaur and two other women.

“On Monday morning, a police team arrested Joginder, who was trying to board a bus at Qadian. We are questioning him about the whereabouts of the rest of the accused,” the SSP added.

Akali leader Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon said, “Gurdeep Singh is a close aide of Congress leader. The police are not arresting Gurdeep under pressure of the ruling party leader.”

SUKHBIR CONDEMNS SAD WORKER’S KILLING

CHANDIGARH:SHIROMANI Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday condemned the murder of Manjot Singh, saying political killings continued unabated in Punjab even during the lockdown. SAD chief said earlier too Dhilwan sarpanch Dalbir Singh was killed in a shootout in Batala subdivision of Gurdaspur.