During Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s recent roadshow in Cheema village for the Tarn Taran by-election, Gidderbaha MLA Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon made “an appeal on behalf of the villagers” over a “troubling incident of gangster-related violence.”

Dhillon alleged that justice was “yet to be served” for the village following the murder of a former sarpanch, and he urged the chief minister to “ensure justice after the election”.

The victim, Sonu Cheema alias Awan Kumar Khullar, a former sarpanch of Cheema village, was shot dead inside a salon in January 2024. The police later booked alleged gangster Amritpal Singh Bath, a resident of Mianpur village in the Tarn Taran assembly constituency, for the murder.

Neither Dhillon nor CM Mann named Bath during the exchange. Responding to Dh

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