In the wake of the killing of two leaders of Hindu outfits within a fortnight, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu today said there is an "escalating concern" over the killings in the state.
Hindu Sangarsh Sena district president Vipan Sharma (45) was shot dead in full public view by four unidentified men in the Bharat Nagar locality on the Amritsar-Batala road in Amritsar on October 30.
The killing came within a fortnight of the gunning down of RSS leader Ravinder Gosain in Ludhiana on October 17.
Sidhu, without elaborating, claimed that Vipan Sharma used to work for the Congress.
"There is an escalating concern. No doubt about it. Law and order, protection of life and liberty is the fundamental right of any person," he said here today while responding to a question on the killings taking place in the state.
Asked about the law and order situation, Sidhu said there is a concern as well contemplation over this issue.
Yesterday, former Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal had expressed concern over the law and order situation and alleged that Punjab was "fast slipping towards a complete and dangerous anarchy".
Sidhu today refuted SAD chief Sukhbir Badal's allegation that Congress leaders, particularly state minister Navjot Sidhu, were responsible for provoking Congress workers in attacking the Akalis.
Sukhbir had made the accusation following an attack on Amarjot Singh Babbehali, a son of senior Akali leader Gurbachan Singh Babbehali, and his two friends in Gurdaspur yesterday.
Sidhu today said, "Now he (Sukhbir) puts blame on me because I criticise him...
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