BJP's Punjab unit criticised killing of kabaddi player Rana Balachauria, shot dead minutes before a match in Mohali. It said, "Punjab has become insecure to the point that even the kabaddi field is no longer safe from bullets." It added, "This isn't first such incident...Previously, kabaddi players Sandeep Nangal Ambian and Tejpal Singh of Jagraon have also been brutally murdered."