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Zira, 44, is the president of the Ferozepur territory Congress committee. (Express Archives)
Hours aft erstwhile Punjab Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira lodged a ailment saying that immoderate unidentified radical had tailed his car and fired six shots astatine it portion helium was returning to his location successful Zira successful the state’s Ferozepur territory connected Monday night, the constabulary lodged a First Information Report (FIR) precocious connected Tuesday night.
The FIR was lodged against chartless persons connected charges of reckless and negligent acts endangering the information of others nether Section 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act, the constabulary said.
Zira, 44, is the president of the Ferozepur territory Congress committee.
“Unknown persons chased my conveyance for implicit 4 km and fired six rounds astatine my conveyance connected Monday night. I had informed the constabulary the aforesaid time and got my connection recorded the adjacent day, i.e. February 4,” Zira said successful his complaint. “In the past, I person received threats from gangster Arsh Dalla and the Bambiha radical arsenic well. So, I privation the constabulary to enactment swiftly successful this matter,” helium added.
The FIR reveals that connected Monday, Zira was returning location aft attending a Kabaddi tourney relation astatine Bootanwali colony on with his idiosyncratic adjunct Akashdeep Rubal, Congress person Dr Rashpal, and gunman Karnail Singh. While Zira was seated successful the rider seat, Rubal and Singh were seated successful the backmost seat, arsenic per the FIR.
“It was 6.30 p.m. erstwhile I started from Bootanwali colony and later, I had a stopover astatine the location of Nambardar Amrik Singh successful colony Armanpur. At astir 8.10 p.m. connected Monday erstwhile we restarted, my operator told maine that immoderate conveyance was pursuing us. So we concisely stopped successful Sher Khan colony and the conveyance pursuing america besides stopped. So we got suspicious…driver accrued the velocity of the conveyance and the pursuing conveyance excessively accrued its velocity ..after astir 1.5 km stretch, helium fired 2 rounds astatine the conveyance which got misfired,” Zira told the police, arsenic per the FIR.
“We hurriedly overtook a truck. The conveyance pursuing america mislaid equilibrium but continued pursuing america and fired 4 much rounds and missed the people yet again. We reached Kulgari colony by past and the conveyance disappeared,” helium added.
Zira said helium reached location and informed the police.
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“There were astatine slightest 2 people…could beryllium more. Two rounds were fired from the rider broadside successful the beforehand and 4 from the driver’s side,” Rubal said connected Wednesday.
“Investigation is going connected successful the lawsuit and we person lodged the FIR,” Randhir Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Ferozepur district, said.
Zira became an MLA successful 2017 successful the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress government. In 2022, helium mislaid to Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajesh Kataria. In 2024, helium contested from the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha spot connected a Congress summons but mislaid to Independent campaigner Amritpal Singh. His begetter Inderjit Singh Zira was a two-time Akali Dal MLA and a erstwhile furniture curate successful the SAD-BJP government. Later, helium and his lad switched to Congress.
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