Faridkot suicide: AAP starts signature campaign to push for SAD leaders’ arrest

An action committee formed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gurdit Singh Sekhon started a signature campaign on Tuesday to demand arrest of Akali leaders named by the Faridkot-suicide-pact case victim in his suicide note.

An action committee formed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gurdit Singh Sekhon started a signature campaign on Tuesday to demand arrest of Akali leaders named by the Faridkot-suicide-pact case victim in his suicide note.

Jagtar Singh had committed suicide along with his wife Salwinder Kaur and daughters Harbhajan Kaur and Parveen Kaur on September 20. (HT Photo)

Jagtar Singh had committed suicide along with his wife Salwinder Kaur and daughters Harbhajan Kaur and Parveen Kaur on September 20 by jumping into the Rajasthan Feeder Canal in Faridkot.

Jagtar had allegedly named his neighbour Lal Singh and his family members besides Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders Harjit Singh Bhooluwala, who is also the Faridkot planning board chairman, and Balbir Singh and Jarnail Singh in his suicide note. The victim reportedly had a fight over a minor issue with their neighbours, and they had threatened to harm his daughters.

While the Faridkot police booked and arrested Lal Singh, Baljit Singh, Jaspal Kaur, Gurdev Kaur and Kala Mistri, the SAD leaders were not even named in the FIR, alleged the action committee.

AAP candidate from Faridkot Gurdit Singh Sekhon, along with heads of some other social organisations, joined the campaign and said that if the administration fails to arrest the SAD leaders named by Jagtar Singh in his suicide note, they will launch a massive stir.

However, no one from Jagtar’s family joined the campaign. The administration had announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for the bereaved family. The kin, however, decided not to perform the bhog ceremony. They are divided over the issue, as some want to take the compensation while other are not willing to accept it.

A relative, on the condition of anonymity, said while some family members are being influenced by the AAP, the other want to side with the SAD and accept the compensation and end the matter.