Honour Dina Nagar attack martyrs; Channi tells Badal

Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Charanjit Singh Channi today called upon Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to honour the commitments made to the families of the Dina Nagar attack martyrs.
Speaking at the Congress workers meeting at Dina Nagar near here, Channi demanded government jobs to the kin of the families of the martyrs and those injured in the terror attack.
He honoured the families of Gulam Rasool and Nirmala Devi who were killed in the attack. Besides, the injured civilians-Kamlajit Matharu, Sarvjit, Varun Bhagat, railway gateman Darshan and milkman Satpal Singh were also honoured on the occasion.
"All his life, Badal has practised the politics of opportunism and deceit and making false promises to the people. He can't treat families of the martyrs on the same lines. This amounts to showing disrespect to the martyrs. Why should it take one year for the Badal government to award President's Police Medal posthumously to Superintendent of Police Baljit Singh who laid down his life while fighting terrorists in the attack on Dinanagar police station last year," he said.

Castigating Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, who also holds the home portfolio, for alleged deteriorating law and order situation in Punjab, Channi asked him why the investigation of the Dina Nagar attack was not given to any "neutral" central agency like the Pathankot attack.
"Today, after formation of three investigation teams by the Punjab police in one year, we are heading nowhere," the Congress leader said.
In a pre-dawn attack on July 27 last year, three terrorists, believed to have come from Pakistan, attacked passengers in a moving bus and stormed Dina Nagar police station killing seven persons, including the SP. Later all the terrorists were killed after a day-long operation.