Karimnagar: Police should have fired in air, says Balvinder Singh's kin

Karimnagar: Police drew criticism for shooting Balvinder Singh on Tuesday morning. Relatives and members of the Sikh community condemned the act of inspector J. Vijayasaradhi. Ranveer Singh, a cousin of the deceased, faulted the cops for shooting Singh in the chest.

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He said that they could have shot at his legs or fired in the air to frighten him. “Police had not killed terrorist Ajmal Kasab during 26/11,” pointed out another relative. Mr S. Balbeer Singh, secretary of Telangana State Sikh Employees Welfare Association, said that the police should not have killed Singh as he was not a terrorist or a rowdy-sheeter.

“He did not how to use a talwar. He used the sword for the first time... He should not been shot,” observed Mr Jajbeer Singh, a Sikh priest who trains members of the religion in using the talwar.