Violence in Punjab over killing of Sikh leader in Vienna, Austria

Two persons have been killed and many others injured on Monday as violence over the killing of a Sikh sect leader in Vienna spreads across Punjab and parts of Haryana. One person was killed and four others were injured as Army jawans opened fire in Lambra village, 30 kms from Jalandhar. Another person was killed after the police opened fire on protesters at Jalandhar Cantonment railway station. A mob set three bogies of the Kanyakumari-Jammu Tavi Express on fire as the train was passing through Phagwara in Punjab. Some vehicles, too, have been torched and roads blocked by protestors in Phagwara. Curfew has been imposed in Phagwara, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur following the violence in the area. Paramilitary forces have been sent to Phagwara to control violence.

Violence has also spilled out on national highways blocking roads to Nawanshahr, Hoshiarpur and at other places in the Doaba region. Buses have also been damaged in Amritsar while in Nakodar, thousands came out on streets and pelted stones on the police. Delhi-Lahore bus service has been stopped at Ludhiana as a precautionary measure in the wake of violence in Punjab. The violence started when six people armed with knives and a hand gun attacked a preacher Sant Niranjan Dass of Dera Sachh Khand inside a gurudwara in Veinna.