Ludhiana:
Senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader Brig Jagdish Gagneja, who was attacked on August 6 by two unidentified bike-borne gunmen near Jyoti Chowk in Ludhiana, passed away on Thursday morning after battling for life over 45 days.
Doctors said that Gagneja’s condition turned critical on Wednesday night. He was declared dead on Thursday morning at 9:16 AM. He was on a ventilator as his intestines and other vital organs were ruptured with bullets.
Brigadier (retd) Gagneja was attacked by bike-borne assailants on August 6 in Jalandhar. He was rushed to the Ludhiana hospital in a critical condition the next day.
After police failed to get clues in the murder of the Vice President of the Punjab unit of the Sangh, the case was handed over to the CBI recently.
Besided family members of the deceased, many senior RSS and BJP leaders including Phul Chand Jain, Anil Sareen, Commissioner of Police Jatinder Singh Aulakh and Dr Rishi Pal, ADC Ludhiana district were present at the hospital to pay their last respects.
(With inputs from PTI)
