Gurdaspur Akali Dal vice-president shot dead

Dalbir
Singh, 55, the vice-president of the Gurdaspur Shiromani Akali Dal unit, was
shot dead and his legs were chopped off allegedly by a poultry farm owner
following a dispute over hiring a servant at Dhilwan village, 25 km from Batala
town, on Monday night.

Police said
on Tuesday that the accused, Balwinder Singh, 55, and his sons Major Singh, 25,
and Mandeep Singh, 24, along with six others,fourcefully entered  into Dalbir’s house around 10pm on Monday.

While Major
and Mandeep fired a dozen bullets, Balwinder cut off Dalbir’s legs with a
sharp-edged weapon before threatening shocked family members with terrible
consequences.

Villagers,  said that Dalbir was a former sarpanch and had
stepped into to sort out a dispute Balwinder had with another resident earlier
in the day.

A compromise
was reached but Balwinder was carrying a grudge and took revenge by forcibly
entering Dalbir’s house at night and brutally killing him.

Batala SSP
Opinderjeet Singh Ghumman said that the police had registered a case of murder
against the nine accused and a search is on.