Punjab: One useless as farmers conflict with police over ‘detention’ of farm leaders forward of deliberate protest 

By PTI

CHANDIGARH/SANGRUR: A person died after being run over by a tractor-trolley and a minimum of 5 policemen had been injured as farmers clashed with them in Sangrur district Monday over the “detention” of some farm leaders.

The sufferer was a farmer apparently participating within the protest within the district’s Longowal space, the place police had been attempting to cease protesters from blocking a nationwide freeway and a toll plaza, officers stated.

The farmers had been protesting a day forward of a deliberate demonstration in Chandigarh by 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 compensation for losses brought on by floods.

Police brutality towards farmers and harmless individuals of Punjab beneath the @AAPPunjab regime as we speak reached a brand new degree. A farmer Pritam Singh (55) misplaced his life after the police resorted to the lathi cost on farmers at Longowal.
The farmers had been on their strategy to Chandigarh to… pic.twitter.com/TUv48x1Yu3

— Partap Singh Bajwa (@Partap_Sbajwa) August 21, 2023

Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surendra Lamba stated the members of the farmer union needed to dam the Sangrur-Barnala nationwide freeway and likewise the Badbar toll plaza however police refused to allow them to.

The farmers, nevertheless, compelled their manner by means of barricades utilizing tractor-trolleys and buses, he stated, including some individuals drove their tractors into the barricades.

An inspector escaped being crushed beneath a tractor-trolley however was severely injured, police stated, including that one other policeman sustained accidents to his face and three extra had been harm as properly.

The officers stated a farmer recognized as Pritam Singh got here beneath a tractor-trolley belonging to one of many protesters and sustained extreme accidents. He later died throughout remedy, they added.

A video purportedly displaying the aged farmer coming beneath the rear tyres of the trolley surfaced on social media. Some farmers may very well be seen asking the automobile’s driver to cease however he didn’t.

Police stated the incident came about due to the irresponsible behaviour of some tractor and bus drivers through the protest.

The SSP stated some protesters hit policemen with their sticks because the protest turned violent.

He added that stated the state of affairs was now peaceable and police used the very best degree of restraint.

Early within the day, farmers claimed that a number of of 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), had been “detained” by the Punjab Police.

A farmer chief in Tarn Taran district stated police allegedly performed raids on the residences of farm leaders and detained them.

Farmers had stated they needed to carry a protest on the parade floor in Sector 17 of Chandigarh however the UT administration needed them to show at a delegated place in Sector 25.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal slammed the AAP authorities for the demise of the farmer in Sangrur.

“Horrendous broad daylight murder of a beleaguered and peacefully protesting farmer Pritam Singh at Longowal (in CM’s home district Sangrur) has sent shock waves throughout the state especially among the farmers. A murder case should be registered against the Chief Minister @BhagwantMann as it was done on his orders. The senior police officers, who executed this, should also be booked,” Badal stated on ‘X’.

Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa condemned the police motion towards farmer leaders in numerous components of the state.

“The @AAPPunjab govt in Punjab has unleashed its draconian agendas. Several farmers’ union leaders have been arrested and raids are still going on to arrest some other farmer leader,” he tweeted.

Meanwhile, farmer leaders from Haryana too claimed that some individuals related to the Bharatiya Kisan Union have been detained by 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 personnel alongside the Haryana-Punjab border to take care of regulation and order within the space.

“The farmers are all set to protest in Chandigarh on August 22 seeking compensation for the flood-hit farmers. Instead of complying with the genuine demands of the farmers, the so-called Badlav govt has adopted this harsh stance. The lies of the Punjab CM @BhagwantMann about providing relief to the farmers have been exposed,” Bajwa stated on ‘X’.

CHANDIGARH/SANGRUR: A person died after being run over by a tractor-trolley and a minimum of 5 policemen had been injured as farmers clashed with them in Sangrur district Monday over the “detention” of some farm leaders.

The sufferer was a farmer apparently participating within the protest within the district’s Longowal space, the place police had been attempting to cease protesters from blocking a nationwide freeway and a toll plaza, officers stated.

The farmers had been protesting a day forward of a deliberate demonstration in Chandigarh by 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 compensation for losses brought on by floods.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Police brutality towards farmers and harmless individuals of Punjab beneath the @AAPPunjab regime as we speak reached a brand new degree. A farmer Pritam Singh (55) misplaced his life after the police resorted to the lathi cost on farmers at Longowal.
The farmers had been on their strategy to Chandigarh to… pic.twitter.com/TUv48x1Yu3
— Partap Singh Bajwa (@Partap_Sbajwa) August 21, 2023
Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Surendra Lamba stated the members of the farmer union needed to dam the Sangrur-Barnala nationwide freeway and likewise the Badbar toll plaza however police refused to allow them to.

The farmers, nevertheless, compelled their manner by means of barricades utilizing tractor-trolleys and buses, he stated, including some individuals drove their tractors into the barricades.

An inspector escaped being crushed beneath a tractor-trolley however was severely injured, police stated, including that one other policeman sustained accidents to his face and three extra had been harm as properly.

The officers stated a farmer recognized as Pritam Singh got here beneath a tractor-trolley belonging to one of many protesters and sustained extreme accidents. He later died throughout remedy, they added.

A video purportedly displaying the aged farmer coming beneath the rear tyres of the trolley surfaced on social media. Some farmers may very well be seen asking the automobile’s driver to cease however he didn’t.

Police stated the incident came about due to the irresponsible behaviour of some tractor and bus drivers through the protest.

The SSP stated some protesters hit policemen with their sticks because the protest turned violent.

He added that stated the state of affairs was now peaceable and police used the very best degree of restraint.

Early within the day, farmers claimed that a number of of 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), had been “detained” by the Punjab Police.

A farmer chief in Tarn Taran district stated police allegedly performed raids on the residences of farm leaders and detained them.

Farmers had stated they needed to carry a protest on the parade floor in Sector 17 of Chandigarh however the UT administration needed them to show at a delegated place in Sector 25.

Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal slammed the AAP authorities for the demise of the farmer in Sangrur.

“Horrendous broad daylight murder of a beleaguered and peacefully protesting farmer Pritam Singh at Longowal (in CM’s home district Sangrur) has sent shock waves throughout the state especially among the farmers. A murder case should be registered against the Chief Minister @BhagwantMann as it was done on his orders. The senior police officers, who executed this, should also be booked,” Badal stated on ‘X’.

Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa condemned the police motion towards farmer leaders in numerous components of the state.

“The @AAPPunjab govt in Punjab has unleashed its draconian agendas. Several farmers’ union leaders have been arrested and raids are still going on to arrest some other farmer leader,” he tweeted.

Meanwhile, farmer leaders from Haryana too claimed that some individuals related to the Bharatiya Kisan Union have been detained by 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 personnel alongside the Haryana-Punjab border to take care of regulation and order within the space.

“The farmers are all set to protest in Chandigarh on August 22 seeking compensation for the flood-hit farmers. Instead of complying with the genuine demands of the farmers, the so-called Badlav govt has adopted this harsh stance. The lies of the Punjab CM @BhagwantMann about providing relief to the farmers have been exposed,” Bajwa stated on ‘X’.