The man who shot the dera kar seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar was killed by the Uttarakhand STF and Haridwar Police in an encounter.
The man who shot the dera kar seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar was killed by the Uttarakhand STF and Haridwar Police in an encounter, the state’s top cop told ANI news agency on Tuesday.
Baba Tarsem Singh was shot dead on March 28 on the shrine’s premises by Sarabjit Singh and Amarjit Singh, who came on a bike. The dera kar seva chief of the Nanakmatta Sahib Gurdwara was sitting in a chair when he was shot with a rifle by the shooter who was riding pillion.
While announcing Amarjit Singh’s death, Uttarakhand DGP Abhinav Kumar told ANI that his accomplice has fled and the authorities are searching for him.
“Uttarakhand Police had taken Baba’s murder as a challenge and the STF and police were constantly looking for both the killers. The police will deal strictly with criminals if they commit such heinous crimes in Uttarakhand,” said the DGP.
Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police Parminder Doval said the encounter took place between Kaliyar Road and Bhagwanpur in Haridwar. He added that more than 16 cases are registered against Amarjit Singh.
Five people were booked in connection with the murder of Baba Tarsem Singh. Those named in the FIR include the two assailants — Sarabjit Singh and Amarjit Singh — IAS officer Harbans Singh Chugh who heads the Nanakmatta Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, Baba Anup Singh and Pritam Singh Sandhu, the vice-president of a regional Sikh outfit.