Vikramjit Singh Middukhera, aka Vicky Middukhera, a youth Akali Dal leader, was shot dead in Sector 71, Mohali, on Saturday morning. In a Facebook post hours after the murder, the Davinder Bambiha gang took the responsibility.
In the post, the gang posted a picture of Middukhera with Bishnoi, writing that he was close to their rivals and Patial had warned him. The post alleged the Bishnoi gang had killed two Bambiha aides, Gurlal Bhalwan and Rana Sidhu, on information provided by Middukhera. The gang also claimed he used to provide phone numbers and details of Punjabi singers and other businessmen to Bishnoi for extortion.
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The four assailants arrived in a white Hyundai i20 car with a Mohali numberplate. Middukhera was shot by two of the four masked men who chased him and fired at him many times as he was ready to get into his SUV after visiting a property dealer’s office at the Mataur market in Sector 71 about 10.30 a.m., according to police.
Empty shells have been recovered from the spot. Police are scanning the CCTV footage from the area. SSP Satinder Singh and the DSP rushed to the spot.
“The shooters fired about 20 rounds, of which nine bullets hit the victim,” said Satinder Singh, senior superintendent of police (SSP), Mohali.
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In a statement, SAD said the killing was the direct result of the “free rein given to gangsters by the Congress government”. The party demanded an independent probe. Former SAD minister Bikram Singh Majithia said the broad daylight killing proved that no one is safe in Punjab.
Vicky Middukhera was an Akali Dal Youth leader and had also remained the president of the Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU), Panjab University, Chandigarh. He also actively campaigned for the SAD in the Assembly and parliamentary elections in Punjab.
