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Gurdaspur: Four Suspects Arrested In April 5 Shooting Of Hindu Leader Ajay Thakur

IANS, 17 Apr, 2019 07:27 PM

    Gurdaspur Police said they had arrested four people in connection with the April 5 shooting of a Hindu leader in the city.


    Police said that one of the four suspects was detained at Panipat. With Wednesday’s arrests, police claim they have “cracked” the case.


    Hindu Shiv Sena (Thackeray) Ajay Thakur was shot at a point blank range as he was about to board a bus near the bus stand. Police had said then that the suspects were riding a motorcycle.


    The party’s district president Varinder Singh Munna was with Thakur when he was shot dead.

     

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