The Amritsar police have arrested a local Shiromani Akali Dal leader Ranjit Singh Rana in connection with the murder of a Punjab police officer Ravinderpal Singh.
The ASI of Punjab Police, Ravinderpal Singh, opposed his daughter’s harassment by the politician and his associates.
It is said in news, that SAD Leader Ranjit Singh Rana is being interrogated in connection with ASI’s murder.
Rana, general secretary of the Akali Dal’s local unit, now thrown out of the party, allegedly shot ASI Ravinderpal Singh in the chest from pointblank range in the city’s Chehertha locality yesterday.
However, Ravinderpal Singh was soon rushed to the hospital, but he was declared brought dead.
Ravinderpal Singh’s daughter, a bank employee, had complained to him about frequent harassment by Rana and his associates.
Talking to media, Amritsar police commissioner Ram Singh said, “The girl had complained to her parents that the accused had been frequently teasing her while she went for her tuitions. When she spotted their SUV on Wednesday afternoon, she called up her father, who immediately came to the spot and confronted the accused. A heated argument ensued, followed by firing.”
Further, he said that he had suspended Chheharta SHO inspector Ashwani Kumar for negligence.
