BJP leader, cop arrested in NRI’s murder case

Batala, September 11

In a major breakthrough, the Batala police today arrested two key accused in the high-profile murder case of Canada-based NRI Gurinder Singh Gill who was done to death on Friday.
Addressing mediapersons here, SSP Gurkirpal Singh said those arrested include Rajbir Singh Bhullar, who allegedly fired at the NRI in front of the court complex, about 50 metres away from the SSP’s residence, and Punjab police head constable Jarnail Singh.
Sources said Jarnail Singh, who had been on leave for the past six months, engaged the NRI in a conversation while Rajbir “fired the shots” in a pre-planned manner on Friday.
The SSP claimed that he was not under any kind of pressure to shield the accused. On the contrary, he said, he had received several phone calls from his seniors who directed him to arrest all the four accused at the earliest.
“We are on the lookout for the other two accused (Raju Bajwa and Yadvinder Bhullar) and expect to arrest them within next 48 hours,” the SSP said.
Before going to Canada about seven years ago, said sources, the victim was quite close to Batala MLA Jagdeesh Sahni. The MLA is also considered to be close to the main accused, Rajbir Singh. Sources reveal it was under Sahni’s patronage that Rajbir rose through the ranks in the BJP to become the party’s municipal councillor from Ward No 12. After severing his ties with Sahni, Gurinder reportedly befriended Abhinav Sekhri, son of former Batala MLA and Minister Ashwani Sekhri, and joined the Congress.
Meanwhile, Gurdaspur District Congress Committee president Sukhjinder Randhawa said the police was not doing enough to arrest the accused.