However, a third bullet is still lodged in his body.
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“A police team visited the RSS office in Jhandewalan and sensitised functionaries about the security aspects following the Punjab incident”, DCP (Central) of Delhi Police Paramditya said on Sunday.
Tight security arrangements were in place in and around the hospitals in Jalandhar and Ludhiana.
Jalandhar: On Saturday night, Senior leader of RSS Brig (retd) Jagdish Gagneja was shot at by some bike-borne persons at Jyoti Chowk area in Jalandhar, Punjab, police said.
Local BJP legislator Manoranjan Kalia said that three bullets hit Mr Gagneja.
“I have spoken to Union Health Minister JP Nadda and asked him to send a “critical care team” to ensure better and proper treatment of Gagneja”. He was earlier admitted in a private hospital in Jalandhar after the shooting. Two bike-borne assailants, aged around 20, were riding the bike and had covered their faces with a handkerchief.
BJP is part of the ruling alliance led by Akali Dal in Punjab, where elections are due next year.
“All of us in the core committee have condemned this incident and demanded strict action against those who were behind this attack”, Punjab BJP President Vijay Sampla on Sunday said.
Other members of the SIT are commissioner of police, Jalandhar Arpit Shukla, IG (counter intelligence) Nilabh Kishore and AIG (CI) Amarjit Singh Bajwa.
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Meanwhile, Punjab Police DGP Suresh Arora has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the leadership of ADGP cum Director Bureau of Investigation IPS Sahota to probe the attack on the RSS leader. Gupta, who was provided police security, was alone when the attack occurred.
