Amid the farmers’ protest, Haryana witnessed another shocking incident; on Sunday, the state chief of Indian National Lok Dal, Nafe Singh Rathee, was shot dead in Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar. Former MLA was in his fortuner car when the murders attacked him. The attackers were in a Hyundai i-10 and hit 40-50 rounds of fire on Rathee’s car. Along with Rathee, three private security gunmen were in the car, and his nephew was driving the vehicle. After the incident, Nafe Singh Rathee was taken to the hospital, where the doctors tried their best to save him. 

As per the inputs received by Haryana Police, the Gang of Lawrence Bishoni was behind the attack. Rathee was the main culprit in the suicide case of Jagdish Rathee, son of former BJP minister, in 2023. 

Who was Nafe Singh Rathee?

Nafe Singh Rathee was a well-known Jat leader and a former MLA. After the INLD refused to give him a ticket, he briefly joined the BJP in 2014 and left the party. However, the BJP did not offer him a ticket either, so Rathee ran alone. In 2018, he returned to INLD. Additionally, Rathee presided over the Bahadurgarh Municipal Council for two terms.

He was deeply troubled last year when Jagdish Rathee, the son of former BJP minister Mange Ram Rathee, committed suicide and declared him to be the primary accused. He was charged with aiding and abetting suicide. According to Jagdish’s family, he took his own life because Nafe Singh was pressuring him over a property-related issue.