Two broad daylight murders in a week in Punjab raise the spectre of radicals becoming active again
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NOV. 4 Hindu right-wing leader Sudhir Suri, who had been openly challenging Sikh radicals, was shot dead outside a temple in Amritsar. According to police, assailant Sandeep Singh, who had opened fire with a licensed weapon, was ‘radicalised’
NOV. 10 Pradeep Kataria, a Dera Sacha Sauda follower who was accused of sacrilege, died after six men opened fire on him outside his dairy store in Kotkapura. A cop deployed for his security and a passerby were also injured
CAUGHT ON CAMERA Shiv Sena (Taksali) leader Sudhir Suri was shot dead in Amritsar on Nov. 4