Rakesh Tikait launches dharna over arrest of BKU participants; calls it off after talks with officers

By means of PTI

MUZAFFARNAGAR: BKU chief Rakesh Tikait introduced a dharna on Tuesday after the arrest of his workforce participants, however referred to as it off later following talks with the district government right here on Tuesday.

Ten activists of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) have been arrested after a conflict on the district sanatorium right here on Monday evening.

Protesting on the Kotwali police station right here since Tuesday morning, Tikait demanded their fast free up, alleging that they’d been falsely implicated within the case.

Later within the day, he withdrew the dharna after Further District Justice of the Peace Narendra Bahadur Singh and Superintendent of Police (Town) Arpit Vijayvargiya reached the spot and asked him to name it off.

In the meantime, the police produced the ten arrested folks to courtroom, following which Leader Judicial Justice of the Peace Manoj Kumar Jatav despatched them to fourteen days of judicial custody.

In line with scientific officer of the district sanatorium, Dr Baburam, folks belonging to 2 teams had arrived on the facility on Monday.

Whilst one workforce was once being medically tested, the BKU activists started difficult the exam of the opposite workforce, resulting in a conflict, Dr Baburam stated.

Tikait, who may be the BKU’s nationwide spokesperson, advised newshounds that the district government sought after to suppress his outfit by way of falsely implicating the activists.