Punjab wants CBI to probe Gagneja attack

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 24

The Punjab Government has decided to hand over the investigations into the attack on senior RSS leader Brig Jagdish Gagneja (retd) to the CBI in view of the fact that the alleged attackers “have links with anti- national forces residing in foreign countries”.

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Director General of Police Suresh Arora today recommended handing over the case to the CBI.  Subsequently, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal held a brief meeting and accepted the suggestion.

The SIT probing the case suspected the hand of anti-national elements with links with extremist elements abroad, it was pointed out. The attack, that could have been aimed at disturbing peace in Punjab, also had ramifications at the national and international level.

Gagneja, credited with spreading the RSS network across Punjab, was attacked by two bike-borne youths in Jalandhar on August 6. He is being treated at the DMC Hospital, Ludhiana. Sources in the Police Department said investigation in the case had reached a dead-end.