Congress leader shot dead in Punjab, Canada-based Khalistani terrorist claims responsibility

A local Congress leader, Baljinder Singh Balli, was shot dead by an unidentified man who barged into the house in Punjab's Moga on September 18.

A CCTV footage, purported to be of the incident, shows the assailant firing at the 45-year-old leader before fleeing. Balli was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries, said police.

Hours later, Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla, who is wanted by the NIA, claimed responsibility for the murder in a Facebook post. Dalla alleged that Balli had ruined his future and forced him into the gangster culture.

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Balli was the Congress' president from Ajitwal block in district Moga. Senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa and Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring strongly condemned the incident.