Senior RSS leader in critical condition after being shot in Punjab

Senior RSS leader Brig (retd) Jagdish Gagneja was shot at last night by some motorcycle-borne persons at Jyoti Chowk area here, police said.

Jalandhar Commissioner of Police Arpit Shukla said Gagneja, Sah-sarsanghchalak of RSS's Punjab unit, was shot at around 9 pm near Makhdumpura colony here.

He was rushed to a private hospital where his condition is stated to be critical.

Local BJP MLA Manoranjan Kalia said that three bullets hit Gagneja.

Police have started investigating the matter.

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Amarinder Singh condemned the attack on the RSS leader.

"Such nefarious designs deserve to be nipped in the bud lest these push Punjab into anarchy," he said in a statement.

People may not agree or approve of RSS ideology, but in a democracy, everyone has a right to pursue his political and ideological beliefs, Amarinder said.

"Such intimidation is unacceptable," he said.

-PTI