BKU activist Pankaj Habana released
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BKU activist Pankaj Habana released
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BKU (Charuni) activist Pankaj Habana, who was arrested in connection with a case registered under various charges, including using criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty, voluntarily causing hurt, rioting and violating Covid norms, was released from the Kurukshetra jail on Monday.Pankaj said, “We opposed the JJP Shahabad MLA Ramkaran Kala during his visit to Yari village, following which a case was registered and I was arrested.”After his arrest while Pankaj was sent to judicial custody, the BKU activists had gheraoed the Shahabad police station on Saturday and started a dharna. However late in the evening, the farmers lifted their dharna after Kurukshetra SP Himanshu Garg reached the Shahabad police station and held a meeting with the farm leaders.BKU spokesman Rakesh Bains, said, “We have asked BJP and JJP leaders not to visit villages till the farm stir is on. The police had registered a case under political pressure and arrested Pankaj, following which we held a demonstration. Pankaj has been released today and the panchayat scheduled for Wednesday has been cancelled.” — TNS
Publisher
The Tribune
Date
2021-05-18
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Kurukshetra