Neeraj BaliChandigarh, July 14 -- Former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) district council member Dalveer Singh, popularly known as Kala Jawanda, was shot and critically injured by unidentified gunmen in Bareta town of Mansa district, police said on Tuesday. A political row has erupted after the attack, with senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia lambasting the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the alleged deteriorating security situation in the state.
The shooting took place late Monday evening when two motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at Singh as he was driving home from his commission agent shop. The Akali leader sustained a bullet wound to his abdomen and was initially rushed to the civil hospital in Budhlada, from where he was referr...