The World - News from March 25, 1985
Two political leaders were shot to death in Chandigarh, capital of Punjab, a day after Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visited the state, police said. Krishnan Lal Manchanda, a leader of the Hindu opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, was shot by two men who called at his home. Makhan Singh, a student leader who supported Gandhi’s Congress-I party, was shot by two men near his home. Police said they suspect Sikh extremists. Militant Sikhs have been campaigning for more autonomy for Punjab.
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