Senior RSS Leader Jagdish Gagneja Shot At In Punjab, Critical

Mangalore Today News Network

Jalandhar Aug 07 , 2016 : A senior RSS leader from Punjab, Brigadier (Retd) Jagdish Gagneja, was shot at by bike-borne assailants in Jalandhar on Saturday night, police said.

 

Mr Gagneja, the Sah-sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Punjab unit, was travelling in his car with his wife when he was attacked around 9 pm in the city’s Jyoti Chowk area. According to an eyewitness, he was hit by three bullets.

Mr Gagneja was rushed to a nearby hospital. His condition is said to be critical.

No arrests have been made yet. A special investigation team has been formed to probe the attack.

Soon after the attack, police reviewed security at the RSS headquarters in Delhi last night.  Security has also been increased around the hospital where Mr Gagneja is undergoing treatment.

Condemning that attack, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Amarinder Singh said "Such intimidation is unacceptable."

"People may not agree or approve of RSS ideology, but in a democracy everyone has a right to pursue his political and ideological beliefs," he added