Singhu border killing: Victim Lakhbir was taken to protest website by accused Nihang himself, says report

Last week, a gaggle of Nihangs had brutally lynched a poor labourer named Lakhbir Singh to demise. Lakhbir was brutally hacked with sharp weapons, overwhelmed up, and one among his arms was chopped off. The Nihangs had posed with their weapons and had tortured Lakhbir whereas he begged for assist.
Lakhbir was then tied as much as a steel barricade and his chopped hand was tied beside him. His physique was discovered early morning on October 15.
As per a report in Indian Express, the police investigation has revealed that Lakhbir, a poor labourer and allegedly an addict, was most likely taken to the Singhu border protest website by a Nihang chief named Sarbjit Singh.
Sarbjit Singh was the primary Nihang to be arrested by the police within the case. He was seen within the video footage of Lakhbir’s homicide.
The Indian Express report said that Sarbjit ceaselessly visited Lakhbir’s village Cheema Kalan in Punjab Tarn Taran district. IE has quoted a prime police official in Punjab as saying that Lakhbir was repeatedly in contact with Sarbjit Singh and it’s attainable that he was taken to the Singhu border protest website by Sarbjit Singh himself.
Sarbjit Singh was the primary Nihang chief to be arrested by police after Lakhbir’s homicide. He hails from Gurdaspur and had been ‘baptised’ as a Nihang in Hazoor Saheb at Nanded in 2017. Sarbjit had change into a Nihang quickly after his divorce in 2017, as per the report.
Punjab govt varieties SIT
Though the homicide case is underneath the Haryana Police, the Punjab authorities has fashioned an SIT to probe the claims of Lakhbir Singh being taken to the Singhu border. Many ‘farmer leaders’ had hinted at a conspiracy behind the alleged ‘blasphemy’ incident, claiming that Lakhbir could have been intentionally delivered to the Singhu border.
Lakhbir Singh’s household had lodged a grievance, saying that he was ‘incapable’ of going to the Singhu border protest website from Punjab on his personal, and he was taken there by some unknown individuals. The SIT will work underneath ADGP Varinder Kumar.
Soon after Lakhbir Singh’s homicide, claims had surfaced that he was delivered to the protest website with a promise of Rs 30,000. The Nihangs who had killed Lakhbir had been seen in viral movies torturing a closely bleeding and barely acutely aware Lakhbir, asking him whether or not he was paid.
It is notable right here {that a} group of Nihangs had brutally lynched Lakhbir Singh over the allegations of ‘blasphemy’, for allegedly ‘disrespecting’ the Sikh holy e book. Lakhbir was a poor Dalit man who labored as a labourer.
In one other growth, there are numerous allegations and counter-allegations floating amongst Nihang leaders about who’s a ‘real’ Nihang and who’s ‘fake’. Some studies have claimed that one Nihang chief named Baba Aman Singh had as soon as met Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
Baba Aman Singh has now claimed that he was provided cash to finish the farmer protests. In {a photograph}, the Nihang chief is seen together with over a dozen individuals, assembly the minister. Aman Singh has additionally said that the Nihangs are ‘fighting a religious war’ and demand justice for ‘blasphemy’ incidents. They usually are not sitting on Dharna for farmers, he added.
Aman Singh has additionally said that on October 27, the Sangat will convene a gathering after which will resolve whether or not to proceed protests on the Singhu border or not.
Meanwhile, relatively than the open barbarism and violence displayed by the Nihangs, the Punjab authorities appears extra involved with the inner politics of Nihang teams. Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhwa has reportedly spoken with Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and has requested him to debate with numerous Nihang leaders about actual and pretend Nihangs, together with the claims over Baba Aman Singh.
4 Nihangs arrested to date
In the final week since Lakhbir Singh’s brutal homicide, 4 Nihag Sikhs, particularly Sarbjit Singh, Narain Singh, Bhagwant Singh and Govind Singh have been arrested over the incident. The homicide accused, who had been seen hailing and boasting over the helpless sufferer’s ravaged physique, had been cheered and adorned with garlands by the Sikh Nihangs whereas the police took them into custody.
Recently, the Nihangs had additionally declared that if the police arrests any extra individuals, they are going to forcefully free the arrested individuals. The Nihangs had additionally declared that they are going to proceed killing over allegations of disrespect to their holy e book.
It is notable right here that sufferer Lakhbir Singh’s household had said that he was a deeply spiritual individual and it’s completely unlikely that he would ever ‘disrespect’ the Guru Granth Sahib. They had said that he was in contact with some unknown individual and may need been taken to the protest website with the promise of cash for doing labourer work.