Condemning the brutal murder of master Harkirat Singh, the husband of SAD sarpanch Manpreet Kaur, at Sangrur on Monday morning, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal said that vendetta killings were continuing unabated in Punjab due to the failure of the Congress government to rein in goonda elements.
“The day light murder of Harkirat Singh occurred at Burj village in Sangrur today. This killing had occurred close to the heels of the murderous attack on SGPC member Dyal Singh Kolianwali’s son Parminder and is symptomatic of the current law and order situation in the State,” said Sukhbir.
Stating that a wave of political assassinations were sweeping the State ever since the Congress government came into being, Sukhbir said that this had deeply affected the morale of the people who expected the government to protect their life and liberty instead of acting as a government for Congressmen only.
Meanwhile, former minister Daljit Singh Cheema said that according to information relayed by former MlA Iqbal Singh Jhundan, who had visited the Sangrur civil hospital, Harkirat’s daughter also met with an accident while travelling to the hospital after learning of her father’s murder.
Cheema said the party would provide all needed assistance to the family. He added that he had also spoken to the Sangrur district police chief and asked him to catch the culprits behind Harkirat’s murder immediately.
