By way of PTI
CHANDIGARH/SANGRUR: A person died after being run over by means of a tractor-trolley and no less than 5 policemen have been injured as farmers clashed with them in Sangrur district Monday over the “detention” of a few farm leaders.
The sufferer was once a farmer it appears participating within the protest within the district’s Longowal house, the place police have been seeking to prevent protesters from blocking off a countrywide freeway and a toll plaza, officers mentioned.
The farmers have been protesting an afternoon forward of a deliberate demonstration in Chandigarh by means of 16 farm our bodies, together with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union (Karanti kari), BKU (Ekta Azaad), Aazaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, BKU (Behramke) and the Bhoomi Bachao Mohim, to hunt repayment for losses brought about by means of floods.
Police brutality towards farmers and blameless folks of Punjab below the @AAPPunjab regime these days reached a brand new degree. A farmer Pritam Singh (55) misplaced his existence after the police resorted to the lathi price on farmers at Longowal.
The farmers have been on their method to Chandigarh to… percent.twitter.com/TUv48x1Yu3
— Partap Singh Bajwa (@Partap_Sbajwa) August 21, 2023
Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surendra Lamba mentioned the participants of the farmer union sought after to dam the Sangrur-Barnala nationwide freeway and likewise the Badbar toll plaza however police refused to allow them to.
The farmers, then again, pressured their approach thru barricades the usage of tractor-trolleys and buses, he mentioned, including some folks drove their tractors into the barricades.
An inspector escaped being beaten below a tractor-trolley however was once critically injured, police mentioned, including that some other policeman sustained accidents to his face and 3 extra have been harm as neatly.
The officers mentioned a farmer known as Pritam Singh got here below a tractor-trolley belonging to one of the crucial protesters and sustained serious accidents. He later died all through remedy, they added.
A video purportedly appearing the aged farmer coming below the rear tyres of the trolley surfaced on social media. Some farmers might be observed asking the automobile’s motive force to forestall however he didn’t.
Police mentioned the incident happened on account of the irresponsible behaviour of a couple of tractor and bus drivers all through the protest.
The SSP mentioned some protesters hit policemen with their sticks because the protest grew to become violent.
He added that mentioned the placement was once now non violent and police used the best possible degree of restraint.
Early within the day, farmers claimed that a number of in their leaders, together with Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) president Sarwan Singh Pandher, Satkar Singh Kotli of the KMSC, Bohr Singh of the BKU (Behramke), have been “detained” by means of the Punjab Police.
A farmer chief in Tarn Taran district mentioned police allegedly performed raids on the flats of farm leaders and detained them.
Farmers had mentioned they sought after to carry a protest at the parade floor in Sector 17 of Chandigarh however the UT management sought after them to reveal at a delegated position in Sector 25.
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal slammed the AAP govt for the loss of life of the farmer in Sangrur.
“Horrendous vast sunlight homicide of a beleaguered and peacefully protesting farmer Pritam Singh at Longowal (in CM’s house district Sangrur) has despatched surprise waves right through the state particularly a number of the farmers. A homicide case will have to be registered towards the Leader Minister @BhagwantMann because it was once finished on his orders. The senior law enforcement officials, who accomplished this, will have to even be booked,” Badal mentioned on ‘X’.
Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa condemned the police motion towards farmer leaders in several portions of the state.
“The @AAPPunjab government in Punjab has unleashed its draconian agendas. A number of farmers’ union leaders had been arrested and raids are nonetheless occurring to arrest another farmer chief,” he tweeted.
In the meantime, farmer leaders from Haryana too claimed that some folks related to the Bharatiya Kisan Union had been detained by means of the police.
The Haryana Police has detained BKU chief Amarjit Singh Mohari and a few others in Ambala, they claimed, including that Sandeep Singh has been detained in Kurukshetra.
The Ambala Police deployed group of workers alongside the Haryana-Punjab border to handle legislation and order within the house.
“The farmers are all set to protest in Chandigarh on August 22 searching for repayment for the flood-hit farmers. As an alternative of complying with the real calls for of the farmers, the so-called Badlav government has followed this harsh stance. The lies of the Punjab CM @BhagwantMann about offering reduction to the farmers had been uncovered,” Bajwa mentioned on ‘X’.
CHANDIGARH/SANGRUR: A person died after being run over by means of a tractor-trolley and no less than 5 policemen have been injured as farmers clashed with them in Sangrur district Monday over the “detention” of a few farm leaders.
The sufferer was once a farmer it appears participating within the protest within the district’s Longowal house, the place police have been seeking to prevent protesters from blocking off a countrywide freeway and a toll plaza, officers mentioned.
The farmers have been protesting an afternoon forward of a deliberate demonstration in Chandigarh by means of 16 farm our bodies, together with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union (Karanti kari), BKU (Ekta Azaad), Aazaad Kisan Committee, Doaba, BKU (Behramke) and the Bhoomi Bachao Mohim, to hunt repayment for losses brought about by means of floods.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Police brutality towards farmers and blameless folks of Punjab below the @AAPPunjab regime these days reached a brand new degree. A farmer Pritam Singh (55) misplaced his existence after the police resorted to the lathi price on farmers at Longowal.
The farmers have been on their method to Chandigarh to… percent.twitter.com/TUv48x1Yu3
— Partap Singh Bajwa (@Partap_Sbajwa) August 21, 2023
Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surendra Lamba mentioned the participants of the farmer union sought after to dam the Sangrur-Barnala nationwide freeway and likewise the Badbar toll plaza however police refused to allow them to.
The farmers, then again, pressured their approach thru barricades the usage of tractor-trolleys and buses, he mentioned, including some folks drove their tractors into the barricades.
An inspector escaped being beaten below a tractor-trolley however was once critically injured, police mentioned, including that some other policeman sustained accidents to his face and 3 extra have been harm as neatly.
The officers mentioned a farmer known as Pritam Singh got here below a tractor-trolley belonging to one of the crucial protesters and sustained serious accidents. He later died all through remedy, they added.
A video purportedly appearing the aged farmer coming below the rear tyres of the trolley surfaced on social media. Some farmers might be observed asking the automobile’s motive force to forestall however he didn’t.
Police mentioned the incident happened on account of the irresponsible behaviour of a couple of tractor and bus drivers all through the protest.
The SSP mentioned some protesters hit policemen with their sticks because the protest grew to become violent.
He added that mentioned the placement was once now non violent and police used the best possible degree of restraint.
Early within the day, farmers claimed that a number of in their leaders, together with Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) president Sarwan Singh Pandher, Satkar Singh Kotli of the KMSC, Bohr Singh of the BKU (Behramke), have been “detained” by means of the Punjab Police.
A farmer chief in Tarn Taran district mentioned police allegedly performed raids on the flats of farm leaders and detained them.
Farmers had mentioned they sought after to carry a protest at the parade floor in Sector 17 of Chandigarh however the UT management sought after them to reveal at a delegated position in Sector 25.
Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal slammed the AAP govt for the loss of life of the farmer in Sangrur.
“Horrendous vast sunlight homicide of a beleaguered and peacefully protesting farmer Pritam Singh at Longowal (in CM’s house district Sangrur) has despatched surprise waves right through the state particularly a number of the farmers. A homicide case will have to be registered towards the Leader Minister @BhagwantMann because it was once finished on his orders. The senior law enforcement officials, who accomplished this, will have to even be booked,” Badal mentioned on ‘X’.
Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa condemned the police motion towards farmer leaders in several portions of the state.
“The @AAPPunjab government in Punjab has unleashed its draconian agendas. A number of farmers’ union leaders had been arrested and raids are nonetheless occurring to arrest another farmer chief,” he tweeted.
In the meantime, farmer leaders from Haryana too claimed that some folks related to the Bharatiya Kisan Union had been detained by means of the police.
The Haryana Police has detained BKU chief Amarjit Singh Mohari and a few others in Ambala, they claimed, including that Sandeep Singh has been detained in Kurukshetra.
The Ambala Police deployed group of workers alongside the Haryana-Punjab border to handle legislation and order within the house.
“The farmers are all set to protest in Chandigarh on August 22 searching for repayment for the flood-hit farmers. As an alternative of complying with the real calls for of the farmers, the so-called Badlav government has followed this harsh stance. The lies of the Punjab CM @BhagwantMann about offering reduction to the farmers had been uncovered,” Bajwa mentioned on ‘X’.