Bathinda, August 02: A son of a former Punjab Minister was today found murdered in a car at Sirhand Canal near Beham bridge in this district, police said.
Sandeep Singh Dhillon (45), son of Teja Singh Dhillon, a former Shiromani Akali Dal minister, was shot in the back from close range, police said.
His family said Sandeep Singh was called from his house in Civil lines by two persons who wanted to hire his land for a stud farm.
Police are looking at various angles in the matter, including personal enmity with one Jagroop Singh whose sons were murdered by the deceased over a land issue in 1998.
Sandeep was convicted and awarded life imprisonment in 2004 but granted pardon by Punjab Governor S F Rodrigues in 2006.
–PTI