Youth Akali Dal leader Sukhman Sandhu shot dead in Bathinda

Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune News Service
Bathinda, September 6

Youth Akali Dal (YAD) leader Sukhman Sandhu was shot dead by unidentified persons near thandi sadak area in railway colony of Bathinda on Saturday night.

Sukhman was the vice president of YAD's Bathinda unit.

Police teams reached the spot on Sunday morning and have started a probe into the incident.

DSP City 2 Gurjit Singh Romana said Sandhu was murdered and a probe has been started in the incident.

Sandhu was a resident of Lal Singh Basti and had been associated with SAD for a long time. He had opened fire on Congress workers in Lal Singh Basti area polling booth on Lok sabha election poll day in 2019. He was arrested by the police and was sent to jail but was now out on bail.

The incident has created panic in the Bathinda as this is the third murder in the last three days.