New Delhi: The NIA has registered a case
into the killing of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana,
nearly a month after the Punjab government decided to hand
over the investigation to the central probe agency.
Gosain, 60, was returning home after attending a morning
drill (RSS shakha) when he was attacked by two unidentified
bike-borne assailants in Ludhiana last month. He died on the
spot while the attackers fled.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh had decided
to hand over the probe to the National Investigation Agency
(NIA) while announcing Rs 5 lakh compensation for the
deceased's family and a government job for one of his progeny.
The NIA, in compliance of the Ministry of Home Affairs
order, has re-registered the case under sections 10, 12 and 13
of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, sections 302 and
34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 25 of the Arms Act at
Jodhewal police station yesterday, the spokesman said.
An NIA team from New Delhi has reached Ludhiana to take
over the investigation.
On October 17, two unidentified persons killed Gosain,
Chief of Raghunathnagar Shakha of Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) in Ludhiana, while he was sitting outside his house.
Initially, a three-member Special Investigation Team
(SIT) led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Gagan Ajit Singh
was formed by the state government to probe the case.
Gosain, who lost his wife to cancer some years ago, is
survived by four children.
The killing of the RSS leader was the latest in a series
of murderous attacks on right-wing and religious leaders in
Punjab. This was the eighth such incident in the state since
2016.
