Ferozepur December 6:
Residents, including kin of murdered municipal councillor (MC) Kulwant Singh Maggo, jammed traffic and held a demonstration in front of city police station here today to protest against the inaction of the police to arrest the assailants so far.
Tension gripped the town when hundreds of people belonging to all walks of life and cutting across party lines jammed traffic at Udham Singh Chowk for about three hours and brought vehicular movement to nought. The protesters, who were carrying the body of Maggo, raised slogans against police authorities.
Elaborate security arrangements in and around the cremation ground and also on the entire route of the funeral procession were made to prevent any untoward incident. The police authorities assured the protesters that the assailants would be arrested shortly. The funeral was attended by many, including leaders of different political parties.
Maggo was shot dead by three assailants on December 1 in front of his house in the city. He succumbed to his injuries in a private hospital yesterday after he was attacked by Kuku Pradhan, a notorious gangster of the area, along with his associates. Maggo was murdered as Kuku suspected that Maggo wanted to frame him in a criminal case. The others, who were involved in the attack have been identified as Charan Dass Honda and Sita Tarapuria. A case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC and relevant section of the Arms Act had been registered against them.
SP (D) Harjit Singh Pannu said the killers would be arrested shortly as a section of residents of this town had now been coming to police with the information that Kuku was also involved in the illegal sale of liquor and satta transactions.
Residents, including kin of murdered municipal councillor (MC) Kulwant Singh Maggo, jammed traffic and held a demonstration in front of city police station here today to protest against the inaction of the police to arrest the assailants so far.
Tension gripped the town when hundreds of people belonging to all walks of life and cutting across party lines jammed traffic at Udham Singh Chowk for about three hours and brought vehicular movement to nought. The protesters, who were carrying the body of Maggo, raised slogans against police authorities.
Elaborate security arrangements in and around the cremation ground and also on the entire route of the funeral procession were made to prevent any untoward incident. The police authorities assured the protesters that the assailants would be arrested shortly. The funeral was attended by many, including leaders of different political parties.
Maggo was shot dead by three assailants on December 1 in front of his house in the city. He succumbed to his injuries in a private hospital yesterday after he was attacked by Kuku Pradhan, a notorious gangster of the area, along with his associates. Maggo was murdered as Kuku suspected that Maggo wanted to frame him in a criminal case. The others, who were involved in the attack have been identified as Charan Dass Honda and Sita Tarapuria. A case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC and relevant section of the Arms Act had been registered against them.
SP (D) Harjit Singh Pannu said the killers would be arrested shortly as a section of residents of this town had now been coming to police with the information that Kuku was also involved in the illegal sale of liquor and satta transactions.
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