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Indian Express
6 days ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
‘We pay taxes, generate jobs, yet get no security': Abohar businessman Sanjay Verma's family slams govt after brazen murder
A day after Sanjay Verma, a businessman in Punjab, was shot dead by three masked assailants in Abohar in the Fazilka district, his brother Jagat Verma Tuesday questioned the Centre and Punjab Government over the rising killings of 'honest businessmen' in the state. Thousands turned up to bid farewell to Sanjay Verma as he was cremated in Abohar. Standing beside the pyre minutes before the cremation at Shivpuri cremation ground, Jagat Verma said, 'We pay taxes, generate employment for hundreds, yet get no security.' 'I am not a politician, but my question is for the Prime Minister — why is there no strict action on gangsters? Why are they kept safe in jails while honest businessmen paying high taxes are killed on the roads?' So far, no arrests have been made. Harmanbir Singh Gill, Deputy Inspector General, Ferozepur Range, had stated they would crack the case soon. Police sources, meanwhile, said they have identified a suspect from Azimgarh village in Fazilka district, and have promised a breakthrough 'soon'. Though he didn't name anyone, fingers quickly pointed to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's network. Bishnoi hails from Abohar. Hours after the murder, a Facebook post by one Aarzoo Bishnoi claimed responsibility for Sanjay Verma's murder, tagging Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar and Shubham Lonker of Maharashtra. Politicians across parties attend funeral, burn Punjab govt effigy While the police have yet to confirm any direct gang link, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Punjab unit president Aman Arora Monday admitted that gangsters lodged in jails outside the state continue to orchestrate bloodshed. 'The cold-blooded assassination — in broad daylight — has chilling echoes of singer Sidhu Moosewala's murder three years ago, which remains unresolved,' said Congress state president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. 'Our Prime Minister visits dozens of countries — why can't many gangsters hiding in Canada, America or elsewhere be extradited? The AAP promised to end gangster raj, but Punjab's law and order is only worsening,' Warring added. BJP's state president Sunil Jakhar, Punjab Congress chief Warring, Abohar MLA Sandeep Jakhar, AAP's local in-charge Arun Narang, former MLAs from different political parties – Parkash Singh Bhatti, Mohinder Singh Rinwa, Davinder Singh Ghubaya and many others attended the cremation. BJP leaders, along with Jakhar, later burned an effigy of the Punjab Government, accusing it of completely failing to curb gang violence. A businessman who dressed Punjab's elite Sanjay Verma, known as Punjab's 'Kurta Pajama King', ran the popular New Wear Well store in Abohar along with Jagat Verma, employing over 700 people. From politicians to bureaucrats, top cops to industrialists, his clientele spanned Punjab's who's who and even abroad. On Monday, CCTV cameras captured three young men — lean, hooded, barely in their 20s — waiting outside his shop. As soon as Verma stepped out of his vehicle around 10 am, they riddled him with bullets. While escaping, the assailants crashed their motorcycle, snatched another bike, and then vanished in an already waiting Swift car on Seeto Road. Sources indicate more people were involved in the murder of Sanjay Verma, raising questions about how organised this contract killing was.
Time of India
07-07-2025
- Time of India
Punjab businessman Sanjay Verma shot dead outside showroom; assailants flee on bike; investigation under way
BATHINDA: A well-known businessman of Abohar town in district Fazilka, Sanjay Verma was killed outside his showroom Monday morning. Sanjay Verma along with his elder brother Jagat Verma owns 'New Wear Well', a tailoring showroom known across Punjab for stitching of Kurta Pyajamas. Sanjay Verma just had reached the showroom in the main bazaar of Abohar when three persons fired at him and fled on a nearby parked bike. He was rushed to civil hospital where doctors declared him dead. The motive of the crime could not be known but as per the family members, he had no enmity with anyone. Police officials reached the spot and investigations are being made to know motive behind the killing. Angry Abohar shopkeepers downed shutters after the killing. Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar, who belongs to Abohar and Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal raised question marks over the prevailing law and order situation in Punjab. Only three days ago, two persons had fired at Punjabi Actress Tania' stepfather Dr Aniljit Kamboj by posing as patients at his clinic in Kot Ise Khan town of district Moga.
