Congress protests MP lawmaker's murder, blames opposition.Byline: ANI Gwalior, Apr 14 (ANI): The Congress party on Tuesday called for a shutdown in Bhind and Datia districts of Madhya Pradesh to protest the murder of lawmaker Makhan Singh Jatav the previous night. Congress leaders are blaming the opposition for the murder and have demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI CBI abbr. cumulative book index CBI Confederation of British Industry CBI n abbr (= Confederation of British Industry) → C.E.O.E. ) inquiry in the matter. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan Shivraj Singh Chauhan (Hindi: शिवराज सिंह चौहान) (born 5 March, 1959) is the current chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. He replaced Babulal Gaur as the chief minister on 29 November, 2005. , however, has urged the party not to politicise the killing. Jatav, who represented the Gohad Assembly, was shot in the head by an unidentified assailant while returning from Cheheta village in Bhind District.He had gone there to address an election rally. He was declared brought dead at the hospital. Arvind Kumar, Inspector General of Police An Inspector General of Police (IGP) is a high ranking police officer of the Indian Police Service, Sri Lanka Police or Royal Malaysian Police (Polis Di-Raja Malaysia) cadre. He is usually in charge of an administrative police zone in a state. , Chambal, said: "He was sitting in the rear when some people came to talk to him. One of them shot the MLA MLA abbr. Modern Language Association MLA n abbr (BRIT POL) (= Member of the Legislative Assembly) → miembro de la asamblea legislativa MLA (Brit from close range. By the time the police arrived, they fled." Meanwhile, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia expressed grief over the Jatav's death. Scindia, who is contesting from the Shivpuri constituency in the state, said that all efforts would be taken to nab the assailants. "My heart goes out to the family of the deceased. For the first time, such a sad incident has occurred in the area and we must condemn the act. I have talked to the DGP DGP Director General of Police (India) DGP Dog-Gone-Pain DGP Dissimilar Gateway Protocol DGP Deutsche Gesellschaft für Parodontologie DGP Data Generating Process DGP Daily Grammar Practice (education) (Director General of Police) and have asked him to investigate the matter and to bring the perpetrators of this crime to book. Justice must be served to the family of the deceased," said Scindia. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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