00:00From Andhra Pradesh, I now go across to Punjab.
00:03What's happening?
00:04Another killing has happened at this time, again of a Sarpanch.
00:08Three days since the murder, literally in broad daylight,
00:11of a Sarpanch associated with the Ahmad party,
00:14and that happened in Tarantaran district, visuals have emerged.
00:17What the police has done in Punjab is they have released a poster
00:20with three suspects who have been caught on CCTV.
00:23And imagine a murder on CCTV.
00:25Clearly, the accused had the audacity, were not scared at all,
00:29with regard to getting caught.
00:31What we do know right now is that, according to permanent information,
00:35the Sarpanch was heading to a local market.
00:38Ashwini Kumar was travelling toward Dhanamandi in Toot in Endinova
00:41with his driver, look closely on the CCTV on his screens,
00:44with his driver's son, an accountant.
00:46A vehicle, the vehicle came close to the village.
00:49That is when three unidentified men on a bike opened in discriminated fire.
00:53Ashwini Kumar suffered bullet injuries in the firing
00:55and was rushed to private hospital.
00:57His assistant also has received severe injuries.
01:00Attacker expectedly fled from the spot.
01:02This is days after Navtej Singh, a former Sarpancho Maniwal village,
01:06was also shot dead in a similar fashion.
01:08This is the image of the three men,
01:11and we'll put out those images of the three suspects.
01:13If you have any information about them,
01:15contact the police of the nearby police station.
01:18But it raises a question mark about how this is happening way too much now.
01:23On every other day, every week, there's a murder being reported,
01:27or at least individuals being shot at in and around Punjab.
01:34Why I say that this is looking more like a pattern,
01:37and therefore questions are being raised against the state government?
01:40Why are they not able to control law and order?
01:42Let's go across one by one.
01:44The latest was on 3rd of October.
01:46This is before the incident that happened recently of Ashwini Kumar.
01:50Sarpanch Navtej Singh was shot dead.
01:53Again, a Sarpanch associated with the Aam Admi Path.
01:57In Amritsar on 3rd of October,
01:59influencer Mad Sandhu was shot dead,
02:01and it led to a lot of outrage and criticism as well.
02:04And there were some who were justifying the murder on social media.
02:08This was the lovely public private university,
02:11where the campus violence and loot on sexual assault allegations had come forth,
02:16but led to a completely different dimension,
02:18where the departments were looted and how.
02:21ASI, Harjeet Singh was shot dead on the 18th of September.
02:24Same year, all of these instances are happening,
02:26especially in the past 6 months.
02:28September 11, ASI, Jaswant Singh also was shot dead,
02:31was shot at, he was injured and survived.
02:35Let's go across to other instances on the month of May.
02:37This is where it started to emerge.
02:39ASI, Joga Singh, one of the first,
02:41who was shot at and then died from his injuries,
02:45as the doctor declared him dead.
02:47These were some of the starting incidents.
02:49Gurnam Singh, again ASI, men in cops,
02:52and he was a home guard who was killed.
02:55This was in Gurdaspur.
02:56So these were, of course, instances of people who were losing their lives.
03:00Men in uniform or political positions,
03:03elected positions, who were being targeted.
03:05What is the Bhagawan Tman government doing in Punjab,
03:08a border state,
03:08to ensure this cannot become a trend?
03:11It is definitely a trend.
03:12It is wonderful.
03:15Well, the truth now,
03:21you will be drafted.
