India, March 7 -- The Moga police have arrested two persons in connection with the murder of Harpinder Singh, alias Happy, the sarpanch of Patto Hira Singh village. The arrests came late on Friday night, prompting the victim's family and protesters, including former Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira, to lift a sit-in protest (dharna) on the Baghapurana-Kotkapura road.

Harpinder was gunned down around 11am on Thursday outside his gym when assailants in an SUV fired eight to 10 rounds at him. While the police confirmed the arrests, they have withheld the suspects' identities.

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