Nine murders of right-wing, religious leaders in two years have put Punjab in a quandary as the cases remain unsolved despite the strong connection, a similar modus operandi — bike-borne assailants shooting from close range. One of the cases pertaining to the killing of a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader, Ravinder Gosain, has now been handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). RSS leader Naresh Kumar was returning from a ‘shakha’ (local meeting) when he was shot at by two bike-borne assailants in Ludhiana. Another RSS leader, Brigadier (retd) Jagdish Gagneja’s killing in a similar manner in Jalandhar in August raised eyebrows. BJP’s Punjab unit president and Union minister of state, Vijay Sampla, reiterated the thought.

Source: Hindustan Times November 07, 2017 04:07 UTC