Day after attack,nihang chief seeks Z-plus security

Talking to Newsline,the nihang chief said,“Those responsible for attacks on me are moving around freely and the government has not yet arrested any of the accused,who are proclaimed offenders. The police should act fast and arrest them so as to know the motive behind the repeated attacks.”

Demanding a high-level probe and stepping up of his security,Baba Balbir Singh claimed that “even the previous nihang chief Baba Santa Singh had Z-plus security”.

“Is the government waiting for a loss of life?” he asked. The nihang chief said he has survived five murderous attacks — the first one on him and his family in 2000 at Fatehgarh,after which he again suffered an assault in Talwandi Sabo on April 15,2007.

“Thereafter,in another big attack on September 21,2007,the murderers killed my father,two brothers and a nephew in Patiala. After that,I lost my sewadar Nihang Singh in Talwandi Sabo. Yesterday’s assault was also planned,as they attacked our cavalcade in Talwandi Sabo while we were leaving for Maghi Mela in Muktsar.”

He said that at present,he had only four police personnel to guard him,besides his own securitymen. Incidentally,the nihang chief has also moved a petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court,seeking stepping up of his security.