‘Property dispute’: Former MLA Simarjeet Bains’s brother, nephew booked for attempt to murder

Speaking with the media on Sunday, Simarjeet Bains said, “I tried my best to keep the family’s internal matter within the four walls of the house, but as police got to know about the firing incident, an FIR had to be registered.”

Around 11 pm on Friday, Paramjit and Jagjot allegedly opened fire at Maninder Singh at the former MLA’s residence in Alamgir Enclave on Malerkotla road at Rania village. They allegedly also opened fire at the former MLA’s SUV (Defender).

A two-time former MLA from the Atam Nagar constituency in Ludhiana, Bains formed his own outfit Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) only to merge with the Congress ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Simarjeet is the youngest among the four Bains brothers. His eldest brother Balwinder Singh Bains and he are in politics, while his two other brothers Paramjit and Karamjit used to handle family business.

Since 2023, a dispute has been going on among brothers over the division of the family business. Balwinder, the eldest of the Bains brothers, is also a two-time former MLA from the Ludhiana South constituency.

In his complaint to the police, Maninder stated that around 11 pm on Friday, he reached the former MLA’s residence in Alamgir Enclave to find Paramjit’s black Mercedes parked alongside Bains’s SUV.

Maninder stated that he then spotted Paramjit and Jagjot talking loudly. “Paramjit was directing his son to open fire at Bains’s SUV,” Maninder alleged, adding: “Soon, I heard multiple gunshots.”

Maninder alleged that when the father-son duo saw him present at the spot, they ran towards him. “Paramjit told Jagjot to shoot me dead, stating I (Maninder) was the root cause of the entire dispute,” the complainant alleged.

Maninder said that he saved his life by running inside the house, while the father-son duo fled the scene.

Simarjeet Bain told reporters, “There’s no family in the world where brothers don’t separate their businesses. We also separated. But it doesn’t mean I am dishonest. I was an MLA twice. Had I wanted, I would have filled my account with lots of money, but I never did. I never wanted to disclose all these family things to the public. I wanted the family matters to be settled within the four walls of the house.”

The Congress leader said even as his brother and nephew opened fire at his PA and the SUV, he had no intention to complain to the police or get an FIR registered.

“For more than 24 hours, I did not speak either with the police or to the media, despite receiving calls. The FIR has been registered after the police got to know about the incident. I hid the SUV on which my nephew fired 7-8 times. I still say Paramjit is my elder brother and Jagjot is like my son,” Simarjeet Bains said.

The former MLA said his brothers and he had separated their business on November 2, 2023, through a “written agreement”, and the Bains Alloys company was allotted to him.

“I am the founder of Bains Alloys. I have made that company with my sweat and blood. I have not taken it from anyone by force. It was all settled amicably, but later, Paramjit started objecting to the agreement. He went to the court, but did not get relief. He even went to the police, but I kept quiet. Later, I even told him that if he did not agree to the written settlement, we could tear it away. I also offered him that both our sons (Pamma’s son Jagjot and Bains’s son Ajaypreet) can run the company together, but he did not agree. What more could I have said or done?” Bains told the media.

“Even my political opponents know that I have never been dishonest. Even now, I am ready to end this dispute. Some people who saw Simarjeet and Pamma working together for over 25 years are now watching a tamasha (spectacle) due to this dispute. Even as my nephew opened fire, I would still say Pamma is my brother, and Jagjot is like my son Ajaypreet. Children commit mistakes, and my nephew made one by opening fire, but then the elders also forgive them. I have a big heart. If FIRs are registered, they are cancelled too,” Bains added.

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