Nafe Singh Rathee

Late Nafe Singh Rathee (d.o.b. 22-02-1958, death: 25 Feb. 2024) was a political leader from village Jatwada Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district of Haryana. He was member of 9th and 10th Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Bahadurgarh constituency.

Till February 2024, he was President of a political party Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Haryana state. He was also two-term Chairman of Bahadurgarh Municipal Council.

Demise

on 25 February 2024 evening, Nafe Singh was gunned down by some gunmen near Bahadurgarh while he was travelling in his personal car, along with his driver and a security guard.

News item on the tragic death

Tribune News Service

Ravinder Saini

Jhajjar, February 26, 2024

Twelve people, including Bahadurgarh ex-MLA Naresh Kaushik, were on Monday booked in connection with the murder of INLD state chief Nafe Singh Rathi and his aide in Bahadurgarh town on Sunday evening. No arrests have been made so far.

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Haryana president and two-time MLA Nafe Singh Rathi (66) and his associate, Jai Kishan of Mandhothi village, were gunned down in broad daylight by unidentified car-borne assailants near Barahi level crossing in Bahadurgarh town. Rathi’s two gunmen were injured in the attack.

Rathi was sitting in the front seat of his SUV when the assailants waylaid the vehicle near the Barahi level crossing and opened indiscriminate firing from close range. The assailants sped away after the incident. Hearing the gunshots, a passerby informed the police.

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