Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday said that “none” of the accused involved in the Abohar incident was “directly or indirectly associated” with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
At the same time, he condemned the “heinous crime” as an unfortunate one.
“None of the accused of this heinous crime is directly or indirectly associated with the SAD,” Badal said at Middu Khera village in lambi Assembly segment.
Rubbishing the allegations levelled by the Congress leaders regarding this case, Badal claimed that the Congress was doing “petty politics” over this sensitive issue.
Congress has sought a CBI inquiry, monitored by the Punjab and Haryana High Court judge, into the murder of a 27-year-old Dalit man Bhim Sain, whose limbs were chopped off on December 11 at Abohar by suspected henchmen of liquor baron and Akali Dal leader Shiv lal Doda.
Two days ago, a Congress delegation had met the family members of Bhim Sain and Gurjant Singh Janta in Fazilka who were attacked during the incident.