Jalandhar, (PTI) Senior RSS leader Brig (retd) Jagdish Gagneja
was shot at by some bike-borne persons at Jyoti Chowk area
here, police said.
Jalandhar Commissioner of Police Arpit Shukla said Gagneja, Sah-sarsanghchalak
of RSS's Punjab unit, was shot at around 9 PM near Makhdumpura colony here.
He was rushed to a private hospital where his condition is stated
to be critical.
Local BJP MLA Manoranjan Kalia said that three bullets hit Gagneja.
Police have started probe in the matter.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal condemned the attack on
Brig Gagneja and ordered the district authorities to ensure that
the culprits are apprehended at the earliest.
He directed authorities in Ludhiana to rush a team of top surgeons
to attend to Brig Gagneja, an official statement said here.
He said Punjab is the land of saints and seers and has been a torch-bearer
for values of peace and communal harmony.
"Peace and communal harmony in the state is the first and foremost
priority for me and my government and no one will be allowed to disturb
it. The government will continue to follow a policy of zero-tolerance
against any attempt to disturb the hard-earned peace and communal
harmony," he said.
Badal appealed people to maintain peace and harmony.
and said strictest and prompt action will be taken against the culprits.
