Ludhiana: The state government has reportedly decided to hand over the murder case of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). “The order for the NIA probe was issued on a request by an RSS delegation that met Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh at his residence here on Thursday”, notes The Tribune (TT).
A government spokesperson said the Chief Minister had announced Rs5-lakh compensation for Gosain’s family and a government job, commensurate with the educational qualification, for one of the four children of the deceased.
On Tuesday morning, two motorcycle-borne assailants had shot dead Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana.
This is the first murder case which has been referred to the NIA.
The CBI, another central probe agency, is probing the killing of senior RSS leader Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja (retd) and Mata Chand Kaur, mother of the Namdhari sect’s head.
Capt Amarinder justified the decision to rope in NIA on the grounds that the killing had international ramifications.
Two Cops Suspended for not registering bike theft FIR:
Meanwhile, theLudhiana police have suspended head constables Balraj and Deep Chand for not registering FIR in relation to the theft of a bike reportedly used by the assailant of RSS worker Ravinder Gosain.
The two had had not pursued the complaint of a motorcycle theft received on October 10. The complaint was filed by Rohit Pal, the owner of the bike, a resident of Lohara.