FIRING OUTSIDE STATE BJP SECY’S HOUSE IN SANGRUR

SANGRUR: Two unidentified persons fired three gunshots outside the residence of state BJP secretary Amandeep Singh Punia at Gurdaspura Basti here on Tuesday night.

Punia on Wednesday said two persons came on a bike at around 8.30 pm and asked his domestic help to open the door. When he refused to do so, they pelted stones and fired three gunshots.

“We were watching TV when our servant informed us that two people are trying to enter into our house forcefully. As I reached near the gate, they fired gunshots and fled. I have no idea who these people could be,” said Punia.

Police registered a case against two unknown persons under Sections 336 (endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at the city police station.

SHO Deepinderpal Singh said, “The case has been registered and we are investigating into the matter.” BANGA: Dharampreet Singh Jasser, 21, of Khothran village of Banga in SBS Nagar (Nawanshahr) district, who had moved to the US two years ago, was shot dead purportedly by robbers at a grocery store where he worked, in Fresno city of California late on Tuesday night, local time.

Dharampreet had moved to the US in February of 2015 and stayed with his paternal grandparents who had settled there some years ago. He worked parttime at a grocery store at a petrol pump, his family here said. His parents, a sister and the rest of the family came to know about his death on Wednesday morning when his grandfather, Bhag Singh, called up. A pall of gloom descended in the village.

Talking to HT over the phone, Jagdeep Singh Jasser, an uncle of the deceased, said that the family was shaken and the parents — father Inderjeet Singh and mother Kamaljeet Kaur — were not in the condition to talk.

“Our father called me up on Wednesday morning and said Dharampreet was shot dead by four local residents, who had come to loot the store,” he said, adding that Dharampreet was the “only son of the family”.

He added, “It may be a hate crime as we have been informed that the robbers exchanged heated arguments with Dharampreet and one of them opened fire at him before leaving the store.”