Chandigarh, Jul 07: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary, Tarun Chugh, condemned the daylight murder of a renowned businessman in Abohar on Monday, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of “effectively mortgaging” the state to gangsters.“Gangsters are having a free run in Punjab, creating an atmosphere of terror and fear across the state,” he said, adding that the Abohar killing comes close on the heels of similar violent incidents in Amritsar and other parts of Punjab over the past few days.”This is an alarming situation that reflects the complete collapse of the law and order machinery under the Bhagwant Mann government,” Chugh added.Expressing deep concern over the breakdown of law and order, the BJP leader said Punjab, being a sensitive border state, cannot be handed over to gangsters. He demanded an immediate NIA-monitored probe into the series of murders that have rocked the state in recent times.He cited the July 4 incident in Moga, where two men posing as patients entered Dr Aniljeet Kamboj’s clinic and shot him dead. “Dr Kamboj, father of Punjabi actress Tania, was murdered just a few steps away from a police station. Barely seventy-two hours later, Abohar businessman Sanjay Verma was gunned down outside his showroom in broad daylight,” he said.Chugh added, “While streets run red with blood, Bhagwant Mann is busy laying out the red carpet for Arvind Kejriwal — the unwanted guest who pulls the strings from Delhi. Punjab has entered a dangerous new era of ‘goliyon ka raaj’, where the Chief Minister — who also holds the Home Ministry portfolio — is completely clueless and missing in action.”
