BJP Youth Leader Sudarshan Dhillon Shot Dead in Phagwara, Punjab
- BJP Youth Leader Sudershan Dhillon Shot Dead in Phagwara, Punjab
The former District Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth wing ‘Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in this Punjab town was shot dead Friday by unidentified assailants, police said.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s activists blocked traffic and enforced a shutdown to protest the murder.
“Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM)’s former city chief Sudershan Dhillon was coming from his home, was stopped by the assailants who came in a scorpio car when a vehicle blocked his way.
Four armed men came out and attacked Dhillon with some sharp-edged weapons.
Following this incident, agitated BJP and BYJM workers came out on roads and blocked traffic on National Highway 1. They also forced local shopkeepers to down shutters.
After this they shot him in the head from close range and fled,” a police official said.
“We have diverted the traffic to other routes to avoid any trouble. We have deployed heavy security in the region to avoid any untoward incident, he said.
Sudershan Dhillon was brought to nearby Gandhi Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
However, the police official said the situation in the town, 200 km from Chandigarh, was under control.
