India Politician, Bodyguard Slain
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CHANDIGARH, India — Four gunmen believed to be Sikh terrorists today assassinated a leading Hindu politician and his bodyguard when their car pulled into a gas station, Punjab state police said.
Police said Joginder Pal Pandey, 50, the Punjab general secretary of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s governing Congress Party, and his bodyguard, also a Hindu, were slain in Ludhiana city, the Punjab’s largest city. The gunmen escaped after opening fire from a white foreign-made car that was following Pandey’s car.
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