Man who turned off water cannon was also booked
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Man who turned off water cannon was also booked
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Ambala: Video of 26-year-old Navdeep Singh, who climbed atop a police vehicle to turn off a water cannon during the farmer agitation on Wednesday on the National Highway (NH) 44, is being shared widely on social media. The incident had taken place while police were trying to stop Haryana farmers from breaking barricades at Mohra village in Ambala Cantonment and proceed to Delhi to join others in protest there. Navdeep, son of local farmer activist Jai Singh of Jalbera village of Ambala district, is among those booked under charges of the attempt to murder, rioting, and violation of Covid-19 norms with Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Haryana president Gurnam Singh Charuni. The case was registered at Parao police station on Thursday. In the video, Navdeep can be seen climbing atop a Varun (water cannon vehicle) and turning the tap off and jumping back on a tractor-trolley. The incident took place near grain market of Mohra village. It couldn’t be learnt if Navdeep was booked for the episode recorded on video or some other event that happened during the protest. While talking to TOI, Navdeep who completed graduation in 2015 from Kurukshetra University and started working with his father on their farm fields, said, “I climbed on top of water cannon truck from a tractor-trolley and after reaching the tap, I turned it off. A policeman also climbed up while chasing me but by that time, my brother brought his tractor near and I jumped on to it. The police hit me on my legs but I have no anger as they are doing their job and we are doing ours.”
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-11-28
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Chandigarh