Punjab: Congress chief Baljinder Singh Balli shot useless in Moga; Canada-based Khalistani terrorist claims duty

On Monday, September 18, an area chief of the Congress social gathering was shot useless at his residence in Dala village in Moga district of Punjab. According to the preliminary investigation the Congress particular person recognized as Baljinder Singh Balli (45), generally referred to as ‘namberdar’ was shot twice. Police mentioned that one bullet punctured his chest, whereas the opposite struck his thigh. Balli was the Congress social gathering’s Ajitwal village block president. The two assailants arrived on a motorcycle and killed Balli.

Hours after the homicide, fugitive gangster, and terrorist Arshdeep Singh Gill aka Arsh Dalla, who can also be from Dala village however is believed to be hiding in Canada, got here to Facebook and claimed duty for the assault. Arsh Dalla accused Balli in a message posted on Facebook. He blamed Balli for introducing him to the world of crime and for ‘harassing his mother’.

The police have recovered CCTV footage of the incident through which one of many accused could be seen barging into the home whereas Balli was standing on the porch. He fired a few bullets at Balli after which the latter occurred to break down. The Police had been instantly knowledgeable and the sufferer was taken to the hospital however it was too late. Balli had succumbed to the bullet accidents.

CCTV footage of #Congress social gathering’s Ajitgarh block president’s homicide in #Moga district. A shooter could be seen opening fireplace on Baljinder Singh Bali. He sustained two bullet accidents on chest & abdomen. pic.twitter.com/J08cVf7pGk

— Parteek Singh Mahal (@parteekmahal) September 18, 2023

In his Facebook put up, Arsh Dalla wrote, “I am responsible for the murder of Balli in Dala village because it was my own village’s politics which had made me tread this path. This man (Balli) was responsible for keeping my mother in CIA (police) custody for a week and he also got my friends arrested. He was hand in glove with police and got my home vandalized. He destroyed my home just to gain his own afsar shaahi. My life’s aim was not to live my own life but to kill him. If we wished, we would have killed his child too but that child was nowhere at fault. Those who are sympathizing with him, their homes are also not far for us.”

Partap Singh Bajwa, a senior Congress politician has vehemently condemned the incident. “In a harrowing incident, the Congress president from Ajitwal block of district Moga, Baljinder Singh Balli (45) was shot dead at his residence today. I condemn this incident in the strongest possible terms. My heart goes out to the family of the victim,” Bajwa wrote on Twitter (X).

In a harrowing incident, the Congress president from Ajitwal block of district Moga, Baljinder Singh Balli (45) was shot useless at his residence in the present day.
I condemn this incident within the strongest doable phrases. My coronary heart goes out to the household of the sufferer.
Ever since @AAPPunjab… pic.twitter.com/Tu922DQfEF

— Partap Singh Bajwa (@Partap_Sbajwa) September 18, 2023

Dala was listed as a terrorist by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in January this 12 months after the MHA found his involvement in horrible crimes together with homicide, extortion, and focused killings, along with terror actions.

The incident got here to the fore on the similar day when the Canadian authorities accused India of its involvement within the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey.

However, the Canadian claims had been fiercely refuted by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). “We reject the Prime Minister of Canada’s statement in Parliament, as well as the Foreign Minister’s statement. Allegations of the Government of India’s involvement in any act of violence in Canada are absurd and motivated,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) asserted in a press release.

India rejects allegations by Canada:https://t.co/KDzCczWNN2 pic.twitter.com/VSDxbefWLw

— Arindam Bagchi (@MEAIndia) September 19, 2023

The MEA response got here after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed the nation’s safety forces had been trying right into a doable hyperlink between the Indian authorities and the June 18 taking pictures demise of Najjar, a Canadian citizen, outdoors a gurdwara in Surrey by two unidentified gunmen. Trudeau additionally acknowledged that he raised the difficulty with Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the G20 Summit.

In the given case, the investigation has begun, in keeping with Moga SSP J Elanchezhian. He acknowledged that the alleged Facebook put up from Arsh Dalla’s account was being investigated and confirmed. An FIR for homicide has been filed on the Mehna police station in Punjab. 

Reportedly, in May this 12 months, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) apprehended two shut aides of Arshdeep Singh Gill, alias Arsh Dalla, a Canada-based designated terrorist of the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF). It is notable that Canada-based Arsh Dalla has been designated as an ‘individual terrorist’ by the Ministry of Home Affairs on January 9 this 12 months.