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Family alleges man quizzed in Shiv Sena leader murder case in Punjab ends life

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LUDHIANA, Jan 24: A cobbler, reportedly being questioned by the NIA in connection with the killing of Punjab’s Shiv Sena leader Durga Das Gupta, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by jumping into the Sirhind canal in Fatehgarh Sahib district.

Passersby saw Rampal, 52 jumping into the canal and informed the police. His body was fished out about two km downstream, the police said.

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His family members claimed that the NIA wanted to make Rampal a witness in the killing of Durga Das Gupta and and he was fed up with constant questioning by the investigating agency.

On November 30 last year, the Punjab government handed over seven cases, including killing of right wing and religious leaders to the NIA keeping in mind the possible “national and international ramifications” of a conspiracy behind the targeted killings in the state.

Durga Das Gupta, 28 was killed by two motorcycle-borne assailants in April 2016 at Lalhedi chowk in Khanna.

Earlier, the state government decided to transfer the killing cases to the NIA as the modus operandi in all of these cases was the same.

According to officials, it was found that inter-state as well as international perpetrators, handlers, actors and a militancy angle were involved in the criminal conspiracy, to disturb the peace and communal harmony in the border state, by selectively targeting leaders of certain groups.

The Punjab government and the NIA has agreed that the probe needed to be more broad-based as the handlers, conspirators and financers in the targeted killing cases operated from countries such as the UK, Canada and Italy, officials said.

The police had last year arrested five persons, including UK citizen Jagtar Singh Johal, in connection with the targeted killings of leaders of the RSS, Shiv Sena and other outfits in the state between January 2016 and October 2017.

COMMENTSThe seven cases handed over to the NIA include the April 2016 Khanna killing of Durga Das Gupta, the president of labour service wing of Shiv Sena, Punjab, the January 2017 killing of Amit Sharma the Zila Pracharak Hindu Takht in Ludhiana, the February 2017 killing of Dera Sacha Sauda followers Satpal Kumar and his son Ramesh Kumar in Khanna and the July 2017 killing of Christian Pastor Sultan Masih in Ludhiana.

Other cases handed over to the NIA include January 2016 firing on an RSS Shakha at Kidwai Nagar and February 2016 firing on Amit Arora, Local Hindu Leader. The incidents took place in Ludhiana.

News Source: https://www.ndtv.com

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