LUDHIANA: Ludhiana West MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi reportedly died of bullet injuries under mysterious circumstances on Friday night. Joint police commissioner Jaskaran Singh Teja, who confirmed the death, said that he was brought dead to DMC hospital. His body has been placed in the mortuary for postmortem. Teja added that the incident occurred around 12am. Police commissioner Kuldeep Chahal and deputy commissioner Jitendra Jorwal also reached DMCH.
District secretary, AAP Paramveer Singh, said that the MLA had returned to his house in Ghumar Mandi after routine programmes during the day. He was with his family in his last moments. Gogi is survived by his wife, a son and daughter.
Sources said that Dr Sukhchain Kaur Gogi, wife of the deceased, heard the sound of a gunshot and rushed to the spot to find her husband lying in a pool of blood. They added that the family took him to DMCH with the help of security personnel. He was declared brought dead at DMCH.
In August 2024, Gogi broke the foundation stone of the Buddha Nullah Pipeline Project, alleging delays. He had laid the foundation stone in May 2022.
During the Vidhan Sabha elections in 2022, Gogi went to file nomination papers with his wife on a scooter gifted to him by his mother, Parveen Bassi. He considered the scooter his lucky mascot. He told TOI that every time he contested elections, he went to file nominations on the same scooter.
Gogi, 58, served as MC councillor at least twice before becoming MLA in 2022. He was Congress district (Urban) president as well and had joined AAP before the 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections.
In his last post on his official Facebook page, he wrote, “Deliberated upon the cleaning of Budha Nala with Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha Sr. Kultar Singh Sandhwan and environmentalist Sant Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal.” He also wrote; “Visited Sheetala Mata Mandir BRS Nagar, assured the priest and the mandir management that the guilty will be brought to book. Also spoke to the Police Commissioner to look into the case and take prompt action.”
He, along with Vidhan Sabha speaker Kultar Sandhwan, also attended a Lohri function organised by the Ludhiana Bar Association on Friday.
