AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today visited the residence of slain party councillor Harjinder Singh and assured the bereaved family that the SAD would ensure it got justice besides demanding compensation for the family.
Talking to newsmen after interacting with the family members, the SAD president said “the Aam Aadmi Party government is responsible for the murder of Harjinder Singh. The government knew he was targetted for killing but did nothing to save him. His family should be awarded compensation as he has fallen at the hands of the drug mafia whom he was resisting”.
Demanding strict action in the case, Mr Sukhbir Badal said “it needs to be probed why no action was taken to arrest the assailants when they fired at Harjinder’s residence on February 19. Even Harjinder’s pleas to SHO Harchand Singh proved futile with the SHO asserting he could not do anything in the matter due to pressure from the AAP legislator”.
Asserting that Harjinder had fallen victim to the collusion between AAP leaders and gangsters, Mr Badal said “if the police had acted promptly and taken action on numerous complaints submitted by Harjinder from the level of the Sub Inspector of Jandiala Guru to the Senior Superintendent of Police he would have been alive today”.
Meanwhile family members told the SAD president that the assailants were so emboldened by the political patronage bestowed on them that they even boasted about firing at the residence of Harjinder on social media.