Batala: Assailants slit throat of Shiv Sena leader’s brother
BATALA: A 38-year-old commission agent, brother of a leader of the Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray)’s Punjab unit, was murdered by unidentified persons in Bhandari Mohalla of Batala town on Tuesday morning.
The victim, Mukesh Nayyar, brother of Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) state vice-president Ramesh Nayyar, left home for the vegetable market on a scooter around 4am, the family said.
When his employee called his son Tushar informing that he had not reached the shop, the family started searching for him. Tushar said they got a call from a neighbour around 6am that his father’s blood-soaked body with his throat slit was lying outside Adarsh Vidya Mandir School, a few hundred metres from their house. No other injury was found on the body, it was learnt.
DSP (city) BK Singla said they are checking footage of CCTV cameras installed in adjoining buildings. “Mukesh’s scooter and a handbag, which his family says contained ₹1.5 lakh, are missing. We are told he was taking the cash to make payments at the mandi. We are working on different angles,” he said.
A case was registered under Sections 302, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code on the statement of the deceased brother’s Ashok Kumar. Batala civil hospital senior medical officer (SMO) Dr Sanjeev Bhalla said a board was constituted and samples from the body were sent to the forensic laboratory at Mohali. The exact cause of death can be ascertained after they get reports, he added.
RIGHT-WING ACTIVISTS STAGE PROTEST
Blaming laxity on part of police, hundreds of activists of the Shiv Sena led by its state president Yograj Sharma staged a massive dharna at Gandhi Chowk in the town and blocked the traffic for 2 hours. They alleged that it is due to the negligence of the police that the families of Hindu outfit leaders were being targeted by antisocial elements who are trying to disturb peace and harmony in Punjab. Batala SSP Opinderjeet Singh Ghuman reached the spot and assured the protesters that the culprits will be arrested within 48 hours.
Ramesh Nayyar said a few days ago, he had received threat calls and had informed the police about this. “Police didn’t take my inputs seriously,” he said.
Recently, two youngsters opened fire at Shiv Sena (Hindustan Northern India) youth wing chief Honey Mahajan in the Dhariwal of Gurdaspur district. Mahajan was injured but Ashok Kumar, 23, a trader, was killed.