A few hours after the death of JJP leader Ravinder Saini in Hansi town, a 50-year-old man was shot dead on the Gohana-Panipat National Highway near Sainipura village in the Sonipat region of Haryana.
According to Haryana police, on Thursday morning three motorcycle-borne assailants shot 50-year-old milkman Joginder Singh on the highway near Sainipura village in the Sonipat district and he died on the spot. This marked the second broad daylight murder in Haryana following the killing of JJP leader Ravinder Saini, was killed by three assailants on Wednesday around 6 pm.
Rajpal Singh, ACP of the crime branch in Sonipat, explained that the incident occurred around 8 am while Joginder was traveling to a nearby village. “Three motorcycle-borne assailants started chasing him when he left his village. When he was nearing Sainipura village in Gohana, the assailants intercepted him. They had an argument and then shot at him near a dhaba. Joginder tried to escape, but the assailants chased him and killed him. People at the dhaba remained spectators. Initial investigation shows it’s a case of old rivalry. We are retrieving CCTV footage from the dhaba to ascertain the identity of the accused,” the ACP stated.
The family members of the deceased refused to cremate Ravinder Saini’s body until the assailants were apprehended. Bajrang Das Garg, president of the Haryana Pradesh Vyapar Mandal, claimed that assailants are targeting businessmen in Haryana, demanding ransom, and threatening to kill if their demands are not met.
“We demand the arrest of those behind the killing of the JJP leader. The body won’t be cremated until they are caught. In the last two weeks, three businessmen in Hisar district have received ransom threats, and the police have failed to make any arrests. We have called for a bandh in Hansi to protest Ravinder’s killing,” Garg said.
