BSP State Secy Succumbs to Bullet Wounds in PGI

Assailants had opened fire at him Friday in Ambala's Naraingarh

- Bhavey Nagpal

KARNAL: A day after three men, including BSP state secretary, were injured in firing at Ambala's Naraingarh, police on Saturday said that the leader succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a hospital in Chandigarh.

The BSP leader, identified as Harbilas Singh Rajjumajra, had also contested the 2024 assembly elections from Naraingarh constituency, also the hometown of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini. As INLD-BSP's joint nominee, Singh had polled nearly 28,000 votes and stood third from the seat that was wrested by the Congress.

The incident happened around 7 pm on Friday, when the leader was sitting in a car with his friends Puneet Dang and Gugal Pandit in front of Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Park, when some miscreants reportedly arrived in a car and started firing indiscriminately.

Witnesses said that Pandit had a narrow escape and was seen getting out of the car when the other two rushed towards the market to save their lives. Singh was surrounded, and multiple shots were fired at him.

Cops from Naraingarh police station rushed to the spot and took the injured persons to the local civil hospital, from where they were referred for treatment to PGIMER, Chandigarh.