3 more held in SAD leader’s murder case

Tarn Taran, April 17

The Goindwal Sahib police have arrested two assailants of former SAD sarpanch of Gurdaspur’s Dhilwan village from the house of Inderbir Singh, who had given shelter to the murderers, at Chhapri Sahib village, 25 km from here, on Thursday.

The accused have been identified as Mandeep Singh Deep of Gurdaspur’s Dhariwal and Jagdish Singh Jagga of Gurdaspur’s Dalam Nangal village.

The SAD leader, Dalbir Singh of Dhaliwal, was a two-time sarpanch and vice president of the Gurdaspur district SAD committee. He was shot dead on November 18, 2019, at his native village.

SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia had led the protests against the killing of the party leader and blamed senior Congress leaders, saying they were behind the killing.

The district police were tight-lipped to divulge any information. — OC