Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, also a former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, on Friday claimed that jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria had issued a death threat against his son, Udhayveer Singh Randhawa.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Randhawa stated, “Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, currently behind bars, has threatened my son’s life. Just an hour after one of my associates met him, shots were fired at him.”
Currently attending the Monsoon Session of Parliament in Delhi, the Congress leader made it clear that he won’t be cowed by such intimidation: “No gangster can shake my resolve.”
Randhawa also hit out at Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, accusing them of turning the state into a “safe haven for gangsters” and failing to uphold law and order.
This threat comes weeks after Bhagwanpuria’s mother, Harjit Kaur, and a relative, Karanvir Singh, were gunned down in Batala, Gurdaspur on June 26. The Davinder Bambiha gang claimed responsibility for the killings. Following the incident, Bhagwanpuria’s family named Randhawa and his son in their police complaint.
Currently held in Silchar Central Jail in Assam under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Bhagwanpuria has a notorious criminal history. Since 2012, he’s been booked in 128 cases ranging from murder and extortion to arms and drug offenses. He is also suspected to have links to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and is believed to be connected to the killing of singer Sidhu Moosewala.
Reacting to the alleged threat, Punjab Congress chief and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring expressed outrage. “A gangster sitting in jail dares to threaten a sitting MP and former deputy CM? Just imagine what ordinary citizens must be going through. The AAP government has completely failed to control crime. But we in Congress will not back down,” he said, urging accountability from the ruling party.
