Three unidentified persons fired at him around 10 pm, but the bullet missed Manga and hit the 12-year-old boy, police said, adding that Manga immediately fled the area on a two-wheeler, chased by the assailants.
Moga: The district president of a Shiv Sena group has been shot dead here while a boy was wounded in the attack, police said on Friday.
VIDEO | A Shiv Sena leader, Mangat Rai Manga, was shot dead by some assailants in Punjab's Moga district on the intervening night of March 13 and 14 during Holi celebrations. More details awaited. Visuals from outside the district hospital.
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 14, 2025
(Full video available on PTI… pic.twitter.com/vbI4e3VKqE
The incident occurred on Thursday night when the outfit’s district unit president Mangat Rai Manga was purchasing milk, according to PTI Videos.
Three unidentified persons fired at him around 10 pm, but the bullet missed Manga and hit the 12-year-old boy, police said, adding that Manga immediately fled the area on a two-wheeler, chased by the assailants.
During the chase, the attackers fired at Manga again, this time successfully, and swept the spot.
Manga was taken to a hospital by police where he was declared brought dead by doctors. The injured child was initially admitted to the Moga Civil Hospital and later referred to another hospital for better treatment, according to an official.
Police said they are verifying which Shiv Sena outfit Manga was linked with.
Right-wing group Vishwa Hindu Shakti’s national president Joginder Sharma said, “We got to know that some miscreants shot Manga dead. As soon as we got the information, we reached the hospital.”
Manga’s daughter told PTI that her father left the house at around 8 pm on Thursday to get milk. “At 11 pm someone informed us that my father was shot dead. We want justice and will do whatever we have to do for that,” she said.
In another incident here, three motorcycle riders entered a salon in Bagiana Basti around 9 pm for a haircut and fired two shots at the owner Devendra Kumar. One bullet struck Kumar in the leg and he was taken to Moga Civil Hospital for treatment and later referred to another hospital.
DSP City Ravinder Singh said the shooting took place at two places on Thursday night.
“A salon owner was injured in Bagean Basti. In another incident, Mangat Rai Manga was shot dead on Stadium Road and an 11-year-old boy was injured when the miscreants opened fire. Manga’s body has been kept in the mortuary of the civilian hospital and an investigation has been initiated in the case,” he told PTI Videos.
