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 agitation could spread across the state if the family was denied justice Former Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar on October 22 accompanied Atwal's mother and other family members, who staged a protest outside the Vidhan Sabha seeking justice, but were later detained by the police. Sampla visited the government hospital in Abohar, where Ajay's family has been staging a protest for the past week and refusing to allow a post-mortem examination or cremation of the body. The family is demanding the immediate arrest of all those allegedly involved, a fair and impartial investigation, and a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The former Union minister was accompanied by Punjab BJP scheduled caste morcha president and former Jalandhar West MLA Sheetal Angural, Abohar MLA Sandeep Jakhar and others. Addressing the protesters, Sampla appealed to chief minister Bhagwant Mann to ensure that all those responsible were brought to justice. "The government must stop shielding the actual culprits in the Ajay Atwal case and take appropriate action against Shiv Lal Doda as well," Sampla said. In a letter dated October 23 to the Punjab chief secretary and director general of police, the commission sought intervention and an action-taken report. A copy of the letter is with HT....