Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 27
Delhi police launched a late evening crackdown on hundreds of farmers gathered at Narela near Singhu Border here to support the family of Lakhbir Singh, who was recently killed by a Nihang Sikh man.
Several protesters belonging to the Muzaffarnagar-based Hind Mazdoor Kisan Samiti were reportedly injured and several were taken into preventive detention by the cops, who lathicharged the farmers after they insisted on performing a ritual at the site where Lakhbir Singh was brutally killed recently.
The farmers were gathered in solidarity with Lakhbhir Singh’s family, which was also present at Singhu Border today to perform a “havan”. On the behalf of the traumatised family, which belongs to Punjab, the members of Hind Mazdoor Kisan Samiti, demanded Rs 50 lakh compensation and a government job for the kin of the deceased farmer.
The agitating group that clashed with the cops demanded to know why the Punjab government couldn’t provide compensation to a farmer who belonged to Punjab and was “subjected to untold torture before being killed” just as it did in the case of the deceased farmers of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
The late Lakhbir Singh’s family also sought justice and support from the Punjab Government.
Delhi Police crackdown on farmers supporting Lakhbir Singh’s kin
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