Gurdial's murder is expected to raise a political furore especially after the Akali allegation that its supporters were being harassed and jailed by the Congress government. Had Gurdial's security not been withdrawn, he would have been alive,' Kairon alleged. 'Amarinder has been strengthening the security of Congressmen but withdrawing it from Akali leaders. Kairon, who rushed to the spot, alleged that chief minister Amarinder Singh was responsible for Gurdial's murder. Gurdial was former chairman of the Bhikiwind block samiti and a close associate of Surinder Kairon, a relative of former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. We are working on leads that he had enmity with some families of Tarn Taran,' an officer said. 'It is true Gurdial was travelling to Amritsar for some work. Punjab police officers here said the murder was not connected with the civic polls at Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Amritsar today. A red alert has been sounded in the region,' said a district official. They fled on the same vehicle they were travelling in. They overtook him at Bhikiwind, forced his car to stop and immediately began spraying bullets, killing six persons. 'The killers were following him, perhaps from his village. They opened fire, killing him and another person on the spot. Gurdial was on his way to Amritsar from his native village Algaonkothi when the four killers stopped his car at Bhikiwind late this afternoon. Gurdial Singh had unsuccessfully contested from Valtoha against Congress candidate Gurchet Singh, now Cabinet minister, in the February Assembly polls. A leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) was today killed along with five others by unidentified assailants at Bhikiwind in Amritsar district.
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