A youth Congress activist Ashu Puri was shot dead after a mid night brawl among two groups of youths in a hotel of Una on Wednesday night.
As per a source, “Youth Congress activist Ashu Puri was celebrating his birthday along with his friends in a hotel belonging to Congress leader Raizada in Lal Singhi near Una last night while another group of youths was also partying in the same hotel.”
“ Both the groups came out of the hotel at about 1AM and had an altercation over some issue after which Parminder from the other group pulled out a gun and shot at Ashu Puri in his head killing him on the spot , Parminder and one other person Purjinder were also injured in the incident”, he said .
Ashu Puri was a resident of Santoshgarh and doing mining business and a youth Congress activist, while Parminder is a resident of Sanoli village.
SP Una Amit Yadav said, “An FIR has been registered against Parminder and his two accomplices, Gurjeet Mann and Purjinder and police are investigating the case.”
Gurjeet Mann named in the FIR is former President of Una Block Youth Congress.
Though, investigation is still going on in the case a source said the firing incident is perhaps linked to “gang war rivalry”.
Former Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has termed the incident as disturbing and criticized the state government for its failure to maintain law and order in the state.
