Farmers Movement Archive

7 farmers booked for holding public meet in Bhiwani

Hisar, April 30The Bhiwani police have booked seven farmer leaders and some other unidentified persons for holding a public meeting at Prem Nagar in Bhiwani district yesterday.The meeting was held to extend support to residents of the area, who have been protesting for the past few months seeking the construction of a medical college in their village.Earlier, the government had earmarked land for the medical college and also taken over a piece of land from the village panchayat for the purpose, but the project was later shifted to Bhiwani town, where the construction work started recently.The villagers yesterday invited farmer leaders Rakesh Tikait and Gurnam Singh Charuni to raise the issue and organised a meeting at the dharna site in Prem Nagar.The police said the meeting was conducted in violation of Section 144 imposed in the region.DSP Virender Singh said the police had registered a case against seven farmer leaders and others and initiated a probe.The seven farmer leaders who had been booked were Rakesh Tikait, Kamal Singh, Suresh, Rajesh, Sandeep, Sombir and Ravi Azad. He said they were trying to identify others on the basis of videos of the meeting.

The Tribune

2021-05-01