Haryana INLD chief Nafe Singh Rathee, his associate shot dead in Bahadurgarh

A doctor who treated the injured at a private hospital said that four people had come with bullet injuries. “Two of them had already died from excessive bleeding. The remaining two are admitted to the ICU. They have received injuries on the shoulder, thigh and left side of the chest.”

Assailants opened fire at Nafe Singh Rathee’s SUV in Bahadurgarh on Sunday. (ANI)

Meanwhile, Home Minister Anil Vij said he spoke to officials and ordered them to take immediate action in the matter. He said the Special Task Force is probing the matter and the culprits will be nabbed soon.

इंडियन नेशनल लोकदल पार्टी के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष और पूर्व विधायक नफे सिंह जी हमारे बीच नहीं रहें।

उन पर हुए कायराना हमले से पूरा इनेलो परिवार स्तब्ध है, नफे सिंह जी हमारी पार्टी ही नहीं हमारे परिवार का हिस्सा थे वो मेरे भाई समान थे।

नफे सिंह जी ने हाल ही में सीएम, गृहमंत्री, डीजीपी… pic.twitter.com/5RXgSrOqxt

— Abhay Singh Chautala (@AbhaySChautala) February 25, 2024

“Shocked by the sudden demise of…Rathi ji and Shri Jai Kishan. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. We are with them in this difficult time,” Khattar posted on X in Hindi.

Jhajjar SP Arpit Jain said the CIA and STF teams of the police are looking into the incident. “We will arrest the accused soon,” he added.

INLD senior leader Abhay Chautala accused the Haryana government of failing to provide Rathee with security cover despite there being a threat to his life. He also demanded resignation of CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Home Minister Anil Vij.

Chautala said that recently Rathee had sought security from the CM, Home Minister, DGP and the Commissioner while expressing apprehension of an attack on him. Chautala alleged, “That time the government did politics and did not provide security to him. Whether this government is not equally responsible for this incident?” He said that law and order has collapsed in Haryana and that has been proved yet again today.

हरियाणा में इनेलो प्रदेश अध्यक्ष श्री नफे सिंह राठी जी की गोली मार कर हत्या करने का समाचार बेहद दुःखद है।

यह प्रदेश की कानून व्यवस्था को दर्शाता है। इस घटना ने स्पष्ट कर दिया कि कानून व्यवस्था का दिवाला पिट चुका है। प्रदेश में आज कोई भी अपने आपको सुरक्षित महसूस नहीं कर पा रहा…

— Bhupinder S Hooda (@BhupinderShooda) February 25, 2024

The opposition Congress and Aam Aadmi Party also hit out at the Manohar Lal Khattar government over the incident. AAP convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal alleged that the BJP has ruined law and order in Haryana.

In a post on X, Kejriwal said the death of INLD leader Nafe Singh in firing in Haryana “is very sad. I express my condolences to his family and supporters.” Kejriwal alleged the BJP has ruined the state’s law and order and said the police force which should be deployed to nab goons has been stationed on the Haryana-Punjab border to stop protesting farmers.

Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda while expressing deep grief at Rathee’s killing, said, “The news of INLD state president Nafe Singh Rathee being shot dead in Haryana is very sad. This reflects the law and order of the state…Today no one is feeling safe in the state.” Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged that Haryana has fallen prey to anarchy. He said criminals are ruling the roost and law and order has collapsed in Haryana.

Another senior Congress leader, Kumari Selja, alleged that anarchy has increased so much in the state that miscreants fired several rounds of bullets at Rathee. The BJP has created jungle raj in the state, she alleged. AAP leader Sushil Gupta said “rule of law has ended in Haryana and jungle raj prevails”.