Punjab police is groping in dark, three days after the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader was shot by two unidentified motorcycle riders in a busy area of Jalandhar city on Saturday.
As the investigation teams had not been able to make any arrests so far, the state RSS vice-president Brig (retired) Jagdish Gagneja continues to be in a critical state at Hero DMC Heart Institute in ludhiana.
Police has not made any arrests so far in the case, and only following various leads including the CCTV footage, said a senior police officer.
The RSS and the state BJP leadership have taken the attack on Gagneja very seriously.
The state BJP leaders, led by Punjab BJP chief Vijay Sampla, on Tuesday met the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi.
A day before, the separate delegations of the RSS and the BJP had met Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, who is also the Punjab Home Minister, demanding immediate and strict action.
The BJP delegation apprised the Ministers of the latest situation emerging post shoot out of Punjab RSS she-sanghchalak Brig Gagneja.
Sampla, accompanied by party’s national vice-president and state organisational in-charge Prabhat Jha, national vice-president Avinash Rai Khanna and general secretary (organisation) Dinesh Kumar, detailed them about the law and order situation of Punjab.
Rajnath Singh told the leaders that Home Ministry is in touch with the State government and is monitoring the situation on daily basis.
He said that Union Home Minister had himself spoke to the Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal and assured them of every possible help.
Providing all possible medical help, the central government on Tuesday sent a team of doctors from AIIMS and if need be more such support would be provided, concluded Sampla.