[misc.news.southasia] News: One more candidate killed in Punjab

gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Gaddam) (05/14/91)

In Punjab, another candidate has been killed. This time Mr.Charanjit Singh,
who is contesting from the Ludhiana ( Cant) assembly as an independent cand.,
was shot dead by unidentified gunmen.  He was reported to be missing since 
Friday.

In Andhra Pradesh, the Cong(I) MLA Mr.Sudhir Kumar who was kidnapped
by the naxalites on Saturday was released this morning. He has since
arrived in Hyderabad. Mr.Sudhir Kumar was released near Narsapur around
8:30am this morning. However, the fate of the deputy collector of Gadhwal
Mr.Giridhar who also was kidnapped on Saturday is not known.

In Maharashtra, Naxalites released the kidnapped Cong(I) MLA and
his associates last night. They were abducted by naxalites on the 26th
of last month.


Narotham Reddy

Source: Delhi A - Home services. 

I just received this month's  "India Calling" from  AIR external services.
It seems they added some new frequencies. I"ll post at an earliest.