As per latest reports, a day after President Pratibha Patil deferred hanging of Balwant Singh Rajoana, main accused in the killing of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, tension has suddenly increased in some parts of the state while curfew was clamped in Gurdaspur city after the death of a Sikh youth Jaspal Singh, reportedly in a police firing.
It was said in reports that police opened fire after a clash between two groups during the Punjab bandh. Shiv Sena had called for the bandh to protest the president’s order on Balwant Singh. Read more
