Farmers Movement Archive

Dead farmer summoned to join R-Day violence probe!

Tribune News Service Patiala, March 6 The crime branch of Delhi Police has summoned a farmer who died on December 31, 2020, to join the investigation into the January 26 violence. In fact, the three brothers named in the notice were never associated with the ongoing farmers’ protest, claims the farmer’s family. Deceased Jagir Singh’s nephew Bhupinder Singh said his father Surjit Singh (88) and another uncle, Gurcharan Singh, were never part of the protest. “Jagir Singh, who had died at the age of 90 on December 31, was bedridden for the past one year due to old age. He was a farmer and landowner all his life but never participated in the protest,” claimed Bhupinder. “My father suffers from age-related issues. He lives at Neholka village of Kurali. His brother Gurcharan Singh, who is a retired government teacher, lives in the city and is no longer associated with farming now”, he said, urging the Punjab Government to help them and other people facing such notices. Jaspal Singh, a retired government employee and husband of village sarpanch, said: “Jagir Singh is no more, while the other two are aged and are not in a position to go to protest sites. They did not participate in the protest.” Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Dakaunda) state president Buta Singh Burjgill said the Delhi Police had sent such notices to many other people who had died much before January 26. “They are creating fear by sending notices to people on the basis of registration number of vehicles that came for langar sewa or other services in the protest. We have told people not to go to the crime branch directly but contact our legal team instead,” Burjgill said.

The Tribune

2021-03-07