Saurav Minhas Billa (44), a former sarpanch and active leader of the farmers' organisation "Pagdi Sambhal Jatta Lehar," was murdered with a sharp-edged weapon by a local man at Nangal Awana village of Mukerian on late last evening.

In a statement to the police, Suryansh Minhas, Billa's nephew, stated that around 6:30 pm on November 6, he, his friend and Billa were returning home from the fields. Billa was about 20 feet ahead of them while talking on the phone. Suddenly, a man from the village attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon. The attacker stabbed him multiple times. When they rushed to his rescue, he fled the scene.

Family members and villagers rushed the severely injured Billa to the Civil Hospital, Mukerian. However, due to his critical condition, doctors referred him to a privat

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