Kapurthala:
Yet to come to terms with the conviction of Punjab Minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bibi Jagir Kaur, residents of her native Begowal village in the district observed a shutdown today.
The bandh passed off peacefully though all commercial establishments were shut in the village. A village elder said the residents were in a state of shock and disbelief following her conviction by a CBI court. No untoward incident was reported from any part of Bholath Assembly Constituency from where 57-year-old Kaur had been elected as an MLA, police said.
Yesterday, Kaur, a former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief, was sentenced to five-year imprisonment by a CBI court for conspiring in forcible abortion and abduction in connection with the mysterious death of her teenaged daughter 12 years ago. The lone woman member in the Parkash Singh Badal ministry, which was sworn-in earlier this month, was, however, acquitted of the murder charge.