Increased security for son of pastor killed in targeted attack in Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: Police have increased the security of the son of the pastor killed in a targeted attack in 2017 after he allegedly received death threats, providing him one more gunman. Alisha Sultan already has two gunmen for his security.
Pastor Sultan Masih was shot dead outside 'Temple of God' church in Peerubanda Mohalla area of Ludhiana on July 15, 2017.The case is being probed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) which had arrested the shooters and British national Jagtar Singh Johal alias Jaggi Johal, the mastermind of the targeted killing.
Masih's son Alisha Sultan, pastor of the church, had said that he was standing outside the church on July 7, when three turbaned youth arrived on a motorcycle without a registration number plate. "They raised slogans and threatened to kill me if I testified against Johal and his associates in court," he had alleged.
On Thursday, police registered a case against unidentified persons under Sections 232 (threatening any person to give false evidence), 61 (2) (punishment for criminal conspiracy) and 351 (2) (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the BNS at Salem Tabri police station.
An official said, "Pastor Alisha Masih now has three gunmen. Further, the church has been made a PCR halt, which means a PCR vehicle during patrolling will halt there. Besides, since July 2017, when pastor Sultan Masih was shot dead, police have established a police picket outside the church."
British national Jagtar Singh Johal 'Jaggi Johal' (36) was accused of being involved in targeted killings of religious figures in Punjab at the behest of banned Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF). Johal is from Dumbarton in Scotland,