Shot Punjab RSS leader critical, shifted to Ludhiana hospital

Meanwhile BJP, which is part of the ruling alliance in Punjab, said the government should find out why such incidents were happening.

CHANDIGARH: Senior Punjab RSS leader Brig (retd) Jagdish Gagneja, who was shot at in Jalandhar, continued to be in critical condition and was shifted to a Ludhiana hospital on Sunday afternoon.

Gagneja was shot thrice near the busy Jyoti Chowk in Jalandhar city, about 150 km from Chandigarh, on Saturday evening.

The senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leader was shifted to the Hero Heart DMC Hospital in Ludhiana under heavy security. He was earlier admitted in a private hospital in Jalandhar after the shooting.

Tight security arrangements were in place in and around the hospitals in Jalandhar and Ludhiana.

Doctors said two bullets were removed from his body early on Sunday while a third bullet was lodged near his liver.

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