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Publication: The Times of India
Date: January 29, 2007
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/One_killed_in_poll_violence_near_Amritsar/articleshow/1520250.cms
A Shiromani Akali Dal worker was killed and three others injured in poll-related violence on Monday in Punjab's Beas town near Amritsar.
Dilbagh Singh, an Akali worker, was shot dead allegedly by activists of the ruling Congress party in this town on the National Highway No. 1 (Grand Trunk Road) after a clash between workers of the two parties.
Majitha police district chief Lok Nath Angra confirmed the death of the Akali worker.
Trouble began when the Akali workers were taking out a procession through the town after getting one of their colleagues released from the local police station.
As they passed in front of the Congress election office, tempers flared amid slogan shouting and then there was firing that killed Singh.
Police reinforcements were rushed to the spot to defuse the situation.
Tension prevailed in the town, 30 km from here, as Akali activists, protesting the killing, blocked the highway for over two hours, leading to huge traffic jams on the busy road that links Jalandhar and Amritsar.
They demanded a case of murder be registered against the Congress candidate from the Beas assembly seat.
Elections for 117 assembly seats and by-election for the Amritsar Lok Sabha will be held Feb 13.
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