Akali Dal’s Mohali (urban) chief killed in mishap

Baljit Singh Kumbra, 65, the Mohali urban president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and a motorcyclist were killed after the former’s SUV overturned due to a tyre burst in Lalru on the Chandigarh-Ambala highway on Thursday.

Kumbra’s wife Rajinder Kaur, 64, a municipal councillor in Mohali’s ward number 46, and their driver Tarsem Singh, 53, were injured in the accident. The couple lived in Sector 69, Mohali. The motorcyclist was identified as Shakti Singh, 23, a resident of Ambala.