Punjab Government has decided to hand over the murder case of ludhiana Rashrtiya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader Ravinder Gosain to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The orders to this effect were issued by the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Thursday on a request by a RSS delegation that met him at his residence in the evening.
Capt Amarinder also announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for the family and a government job, commensurate with the educational qualifications, for one of the four children of the deceased. Gosain had lost his wife to cancer some years ago and is survived by four children.
Official spokesperson said that the Chief Minister acceded to the RSS request to handover probe to the NIA taking into account the international ramifications of the case.
Investigations, so far, in similar incidents in the past suggest that the handlers of the assailants were operating from foreign soil, said the spokesperson, adding that Capt Amarinder felt that with the NIA stepping in, it would lead to better coordination between the central agencies and the Punjab police.
Sharing the delegation’s concern over the brazen killing of Ravinder Gosain, Capt Amarinder strongly condemned the act, saying that there was no place for such violence in the state.
Asserting that his government would not tolerate such lawlessness, the Chief Minister said that it was taking all measures to prevent these kind of targeted killings.
Capt Amarinder assured the delegation that the state police was working hard to solve all the previous cases of such murders and he had personally issued directions for expediting the investigations.
No effort would be spared to nab the culprits and bring them to book in any of the cases of targeted killings, which were clearly aimed at destabilizing the state and destroying its peace, said the Chief Minister.