Ferozepur, Oct. 26 -- Former Punjab BJP president Vijay Sampla on Sunday demanded the inclusion of provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the FIR registered in the murder of 28-year-old Dalit youth Ajay Atwal and sought the inclusion of Shiv Lal Doda's name in the case. The liquor baron-turned-politician's daughter-in-law Suhani Doda has been recently appointed as halka in-charge of the Abohar assembly constituency by Aam Aadmi Party.

Ajay was shot outside the Bhagwan Valmiki temple in Sant Nagar, Abohar, on September 27. He sustained serious bullet injuries and died during treatment on October 19.

Warning the Punjab government against allegedly shielding the culprits, Sampla said the a...