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Chandigarh: Sandeep Thapar, a prominent face of the outfit Punjab Shiv Sena, was seriously injured Friday in an attack on a busy Ludhiana road by at least three men dressed as Nihang Sikhs (an armed Sikh warrior order), while he was returning home on his scooter after attending a gathering...
Thapars gunman was riding with him but wasnt seen making any attempts to save him from the attack in a purported video of the attack shared on social media by several people, including Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal...
Following the incident, three men in the attire of Nihang Sikhs who claimed to be Thapars attackers released a video on social media in Punjabi, saying that whoever talks against the shaheed (martyrs), panthis and Sikhs will be taught a lesson...
Speaking to ThePrint, Jaskiranjit Singh Teja, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rural Ludhiana, Zone 2 and 4, said that Thapar was attacked by three to four men donning the bana (dress) of Nihang Sikhs near the Ludhiana Civil Hospital.He was shifted to the Civil Hospital for treatment from where he was referred to Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, where his condition is stable now..
Ludhiana Police Commissioner Kuldeep Singh Chahal said during a press conference late Friday evening that the police have arrested two of the three accused, Sarabjit Singh and Harjot Singh, from Fatehgarh Sahib but the third accused Tehal Singh is still at large...
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