BATHINDA/CHANDIGARH: Two unidentified and masked men on a motorcycle fired at Faridkot district Youth Congress president Gurlal Singh (35), who was about to sit in his car, in Faridkot on Thursday evening.
Gurlal was declared brought dead at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College Hospita. The assailants fired nearly a dozen bullets at hi m at a busy point in Faridkot and he collapsed immediately after being hit in the head and chest. Gurlal was also a member of the Faridkot zila parishad.
The attack was caught on a CCTV camera installed near the crime scene. A resident of Faridkot’s Green Avenue locality, Gurlal was the only son of his parents and was considered close to sitting Congress MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon.
Senior police officials reached the spot and forensic experts collected empty rounds. Faridkot SSP Swarndeep Singh said the police are thoroughly examining the incident and efforts are being to identify the persons behind the crime. A case under murder charges and Arms Act has been registered.
A few hours after the murder, a Facebook account in the name of gangster “Lawrence Bishnoi” took responsibility for the killing. “I, Bishnoi, and Goldy Brar take the responsibility of murdering Gurlal Singh. The victim was warned not to interfere in our work and not do anything against us in connivance with anti-party people, but he did not stop and at last, we were forced to eliminate Gurlal,” the post claimed. The Facebook post also indicated that revenge for former Sopu leader Gurlal Brar, who was killed in October 2020 in Chandigarh’s Industrial Area Phase-1, was yet to be completed despite the murder of Youth Congress leader Gurlal Singh at Faridkot.