Ludhiana: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader from Punjab Jagdish Gagneja, who was attacked by two motorcycle-borne assailants near Jyoti Chowk in Ludhiana in August, succumbed to a kidney infection on Thursday.
According to reports, Gagneja’s condition worsened on Wednesday night and was declared dead at 9:16 am on Thursday.
Gagneja’s intestines and other organs had been ruptured with bullets and he was ob ventilator for some days before his death on Thursday.
An FIR against two unidentified persons was lodged at police station, Division 4 in Ludhiana after the attack on Gagneja. Five weeks after the attack on Gagneja, a CBI team launched an inquiry.
The team studied the entire file prepared by the Punjab Police and even visited the locations frequently visited by the RSS leader. However, no one has been arrested yet for the attack.
