‘Conspiracy’ to incite violence: Haryana cops name it ‘third-grade Bollywood script’, youth in a video claims farmers’ pressured him to lie
4 min read A day after protesting farmers claimed to have nabbed a youth they stated was a part of an alleged plot to kill farmer leaders and incite violence through the ongoing agitation, Haryana Police termed the complete episode as “a third-grade Bollywood script”.
While the youth had informed the media on Friday that he was a part of a group of ten assigned the duty to incite violence, a purported video of him that appeared on Saturday had him claiming that he was pressured to make these assertion by farmers.
Interestingly, all people from farmers to the police, to the youth himself and his household have totally different variations of the story making it extra intriguing.
The youth, who has been recognized as Yogesh Singh, 21, is a resident of Sonipat who has studied until Class 9.
A police official stated the person, who’s being quizzed in Sonipat by the Haryana Police Crime Branch, has no felony document.
“He was not carrying any arms or ammunition. We are questioning him, but nothing has so far been found that points to any kind of conspiracy, as is being alleged,” the official stated earlier within the day, including that additional investigations are underway.
A senior police officer Saturday informed The Indian Express: “The script is even worse than a third-grade Bollywood script. That boy was in the illegal custody of these people (farmers) for the past three days. He has told us that there were two more boys with him who were detained by these people. He was pressurised to issue such a statement. His family has arrived. We have got him medically examined. The food stall where he was eating and from where some boys kidnapped him has been traced. We have recorded the statements that have corroborated his version. His mobile phone’s tower location, call detail records, everything has been verified which corroborates his statement that he was abducted by these people who forced him to make such a statement.”
The officer added: “The SHO whose name this boy had earlier taken in the video that was shot by these people who kept him in illegal custody….there is no SHO by that name in entire Haryana, except only one who too is posted in one of the police stations in Sirsa, which is 250 km away from the place where he initially claimed he was contacted. Also, in the first video (purportedly prepared by the farmers) this boy was asked to say that he had seen the SHO’s nameplate and found that he was SHO of Rai police station. But, in Haryana Police, though the name of the SHO is there on his nameplate, but it is nowhere mentioned on his nameplate that he is in-charge of which police station,” the senior officer added.
When contacted, DGP Manoj Yadava stated the police will difficulty an official assertion over the matter quickly.
After the farmers caught the youth at Singhu border, the boy had claimed earlier than the media, whereas being accompanied by farmer leaders, Friday evening that he was a part of a ten-member group assigned to open hearth through the agitation including that he was employed for Rs 10,000. In the press convention, a farmer chief had additional claimed that weapons had been to be provided to the group that youth was a part of. Later, the youth was handed over to the police.
However, in a purported video launched Saturday, the youth claimed he was assaulted by the farmers to make such statements.
In a video message, Yogesh Singh claimed that he had gone to Delhi on January 19 as his maternal uncle (mama) was blessed with a child boy.
“At 4:30 pm on January 19, I was passing through the Kundli area. I told them (farmers) a lie that somebody was involved in eve-teasing. They thought that I was involved in the eve-teasing. They assaulted me after taking me to a camp. They asked me to do what they want. They prepared videos too. Four other boys were also caught by them.”
He added that he was jobless for the previous one and half yr including his father is a cook dinner whereas mom is a home helper.
Yogesh’s mom, nevertheless, contradicted his model stating he had left the house on January 20.
“He had told me that he was going for duty. Later, he told me on the phone that he was with a friend and won’t be able to return home today. At midnight (of January 22-23) at 2:30 am, five policemen landed at our home and took Yogesh’s father with them,” she stated, including that Yogesh’s maternal uncle (mama) has already expired and “we don’t have contact with his children”.
When requested in regards to the matter, Chief Minister M L Khattar stated the police will give an official assertion after finishing the questioning. “Currently, the police is questioning him. Till the time this is going on, to say anything will not be appropriate,” he informed reporters on Saturday on the sidelines of an occasion.
