Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!murali From: murali@cvl.UUCP (Muralidhara Subbarao) Newsgroups: net.nlang.india Subject: Longowal Assasinated. Message-ID: <749@cvl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 23:15:05 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.749 Posted: Tue Aug 20 23:15:05 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Aug-85 02:59:49 EDT Distribution: na Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 31 I reproduce below a news item from iitnet which I got just now. ***************************************************************** From: BHATNAGAR@RUTGERS.ARPA Subject: Sant's assissination in India. To: iitnet%ucbernie@Berkeley Some more details about the incidence which may not be locally available: Sant Harcharan Singh Longowal was assassinated while addressing a group of his supporters in a gurudwara in his home town near Sangrur in Punjab. His security detail returned the fire and in the process two of the attacking gunmen were detained. The incidence has sent a shock wave throughout the nation and the Prime mInister has described it as a national tragedy. President Zail Singh reacted as 'No words to describe his grief'. According to the BBC 'security forces are on alert'. The governor of Punjab has called for a period of two days of state wide mourning. The Akali Dal has called for a general strike ( I guess in protest ). To quote Mark Tully of BBC from New Delhi "Sant Longowal was known for his honesty and lack of political ambition. He never held any political office." Neeraj Bhatnagar ------ --------- Bhatnagar@RU-RED Source of the above details: Mainly BBC ------- ******************************************************************