GG News Bureau
Ludhiana, 5th April. A local Congress leader was allegedly murdered by two Shiromani Akali Dal supporters in the Swantar Nagar locality in Ludhiana, police said on Monday.
Station House Officer Namdev Singh said that there was a conflict over the construction of a building belonging to Congress leader Mangat Ram, who was the president of ward number 12.
Two Shiromani Akali Dal supporters had objected to the construction and had lodged a complaint with the municipal corporation.
On Sunday, the SAD supporters allegedly attacked Mangat Ram with sticks, which led to his death.
Congress leader Navjot Sidhu met the family members of Ram on Monday.
Sidhu alleged that there is lawlessness in the state and people have started feeling unsafe.
Sidhu alleged, there has been a spurt in the cases of murders, loots and snatching throughout the state after the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party government.
Talking to media, Sidhu said that the last rites of the deceased Congress leader would not be performed until the murderers are arrested.
Sidhu said that the police commissioner’s office would be ‘gheroed’ on Wednesday if the killers were not arrested by that time.
Sidhu was accompanied by many local senior Congress leaders, including Rakesh Pandey, Sanjay Talwar, Surendra Dawar (all former MLAs) and District Congress President Ashwini Sharma.
In a tweet, Navjot Singh Sidhu said, Visited family of Mangat Ram, ward Presi. from Ludhiana, who was murdered at his doorstep. Series of political murders in Punjab. Will leave no stone unturned until justice is delivered. Law & order in Punjab at its lowest. Another man shot in Phagwara, 5 Killed in Gurdaspur.
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