Chandigarh, – Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal today condemned the brutal murder of Akali worker Manjot Singh and an NRI. He strongly condemned the deadly attack on two other youths including SAD, he said that political killings were going on unabated in Punjab during the lockdown.
The Akali Dal president said that Batala district was a hotbed of political assassinations. He said that earlier Dalbir Singh, Sarpanch of Dhillwan had been shot dead in the district. And like the previous case, this time too Batala police had failed to take immediate action and despite identifying the culprits, they have not arrested them yet.
Mr. Sukhbir Badal demanded the immediate arrest of the perpetrators of Manjot’s murder and his accomplices. He asked the Chief Minister to crack down on the Congressmen who were taking the law into their own hands to get rid of the political worms.
He said that if the government did not give justice to the victim’s family then Akali Dal would fight for justice for the bereaved family. He expressed his condolences to the family of the victim