Bahadurgarh: Abhay Chautala of the Indian National Lok Dal has claimed that the party’s Haryana unit president Nafe Singh Rathee, who was killed by unidentified assailants in Bahadurgarh near Delhi on Sunday, had earlier told him that his life was in danger. Nafe Singh Rathee and a party worker, identified as Jai Kishan, were killed when the assailants sprayed their SUV with bullets.
Abhay Chautala who visited the hospital in Bahadurgarh where the bodies were kept, accused the Haryana government of failing to provide Nafe Singh Rathee with security despite there being a threat to his life, and demanded the resignation of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and home minister Anil Vij.
Speaking to reporters there, Abhay Chautala also demanded a CBI probe into the incident.
“The two-time MLA, who is our state unit chief, was not provided with security. In writing, representations had been made to senior police officers and state home minister that he was facing threats and should be provided with security,” news agency PTI quoted Abhay Chautala as saying.
“Rathee had earlier told me six months ago that he was informed by some police personnel that he faced a life threat. Later, I also spoke to SP Jhajjar over phone and brought this to his notice…. Had he been provided with security, such a situation would not have arisen,” Abhay Chautala added.
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