NIA offers Rs 20 lakh reward against 2 over VHP neta’s killing

NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday declared a reward of Rs 10 lakh each against two wanted accused in a case relating of the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Vikas Prabhakar in Nangal, Punjab.
Prabhakar, president of VHP's Nangal unit, was shot dead by two assailants in his shop in a crowded market on April 13, 2024.
Harjit Singh alias Laddi, resident of Garpadhana village in Nawanshahr district of Punjab, and Kulbeer Singh alias Sidhu, son of Sukhvinder Singh from Haryana, are absconding accused in the case re-registered by NIA on May 9, 2024. NIA on Tuesday put out their photographs to help people identify them.
Punjab Police, which initially probed Prabhakar's murder, said a few days later that it had arrested the two assailants - Mandeep Kumar and Surinder Kumar - along with two .32 bore pistols, ammunition and a TVS Jupiter scooter used in the crime. It is suspected that the murder was executed at the direction of foreign-based masterminds, possibly to create communal tension in Punjab.
NIA said any information leading to arrest of the accused could be shared on the NIA Delhi control room number 011-24368800, via WhatsApp/Telegram on +91-8585931100 and via email ID [email protected]. Alternatively, an informer could contact NIA branch office in Chandigarh on its landline, via WhatsApp/Telegram or email.
The identities of the informants would be kept a secret, NIA said.