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A Congress person was hacked to decease with an axe by 2 unidentified assailants successful Punjab's Ludhiana district, constabulary said.
Parminder Tiwari, Machhiwara Congress artifact president, had enactment up rental quarters for the migrant workers.
The 2 unidentified assailants came connected a motorcycle and attacked Tiwari portion helium was sitting connected a seat connected Sunday (March 29, 2026) evening. He suffered terrible caput injuries and was rushed to the hospital, but succumbed, Station House Officer, Kum Kalan, Paramdeep Singh, told PTI over the phone.
"A lawsuit has been registered and an probe has been launched. Efforts are connected to nab the accused. The motive of the transgression is nether investigation," Mr. Singh said.
Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring lashed retired astatine the Bhagwant Mann authorities implicit the incident, alleging the State's instrumentality and bid concern continues to deteriorate.
"Deeply shocked and saddened by the daylight execution of our Block President from Machiwara Sahib, Parminder Tiwari ji. He was a hardworking and integral portion of the @INCPunjab family, and his nonaccomplishment is profoundly felt. My heartfelt condolences to his household successful this hr of grief," Mr. Warring said successful a station connected X.
"Punjab's instrumentality and bid concern continues to deteriorate, yet the @AAPPunjab authorities remains dormant astatine the helm," helium said.
Leader of Opposition successful the Punjab Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa said, "The cold-blooded assassination of our Block President Parminder Tiwari ji successful wide daylight astatine Machiwara Sahib is not conscionable murder, it's a damning indictment of Punjab's descent into lawlessness".
"A dedicated Congress idiosyncratic who gave his beingness to nationalist work has been killed portion @BhagwantMann's authorities sits successful shameful silence. My deepest condolences to his family, who person mislaid not conscionable a loved one," Mr. Bajwa said successful a station connected X.
