Ex-Sarpanch and SAD leader shot dead in Punjab, 10 rounds fired at car. Former sarpanch and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Navtej Singh alias Neetu, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Ludhiana on Saturday. Around 10 rounds were allegedly fired at the 60-year-old's car while he was returning home. This comes days after Navdeep Singh, the husband of a Shiromani Akali Dal sarpanch, was shot dead in Punjab's Tarn Taran.