Tribune News Service
Amritsar, December 31
Two unidentified persons fired at the house of former Akal Takht jathedar Partap Singh on Sultanwind Road area here on Thursday night. The police found around 12 empty shells from the street outside his residence.
The police have registered a case in this regard while further investigation was launched to identify the suspects who had covered their faces while firing.
The complainant, Gurpreet Singh, told the police that he, along with his family members, were sleeping in the house when they heard firing. He said unidentified persons kicked their drawing room door that opened into the street. He said when the accused fled away, they came out and saw gunshot marks on the door and windows. There were empty shells on the ground. He said unidentified persons had fired gunshots to kill them as they used to sit in the drawing room after dinner.
Talwinder Singh, SHO, Division B police station, said a case under Sections 307, 427 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered against unidentified persons and efforts were on to identify them. He said some personal enmity is apparently the reason behind the incident though the family members had denied this.
Giani Partap Singh, a noted Sikh preacher and Punjabi writer, remained Akal Takht acting jathedar from 1938 to 1948 and later as jathedar from 1952 to 1955.
Gunshots fired at late Akal Takht jathedar Giani Partap Singh's house in Amritsar
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