BKU activists booked for rioting, defamation
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BKU activists booked for rioting, defamation
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Ambala: Police have booked several Haryana farmers for rioting, criminal intimidation, obscene act and defamation after they protested and burnt an effigy of BJP’s Ambala City MLA Aseem Goel outside his residence in Ambala City. The farmers had protested outside Goel’s on Thursday, objecting to a remark made by him against farmers’ who are protesting against the three contentious farm laws. He had allegedly called farmers as “anti-nationals and traitors”. In his police complaint, constable Naveen Kumar said, “Around 10.30am, about 400 farmers gathered and sat on protest at Inco Chowk in Ambala City. They raised slogans against MLA Aseem Goel. BKU Haryana leaders including the outfit’s Ambala district president Malkiat Singh, Sukhwinder Singh Jalbera, Jai Singh and Navdeep Singh (from Jalbera), district vice-president Gulab Singh and Satwinder Singh Manakpur (Manakpur), Amarjeet Singh (Mohri), Iqbal Singh (Dadiana), Shamsher Singh (Lakhnaur Sahib), and around 9-10 others encouraged the protesters to not let Goel come out.” “Jai Singh Jalbera threatened to kill the MLA,” he alleged. tnn
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-03-13
Coverage
Chandigarh