Farmers Movement Archive

‘Inaction against BKU leaders’: SHO suspended

By: J K SinghAMBALA: Superintendent of police (SP) Hamid Akhtar has placed Baldev Nagar station house officer (SHO) inspector Hamir Singh under suspension for letting off the BKU leaders charged with rioting, obscene act, defamation and criminal intimidation of Ambala City legislator Aseem Goel on March 11. Activists of BKU Charuni had protested outside the MLA’s house in Ambala city, a day after the no confidence motion against the Haryana government was defeated in the state legislative assembly, in protest against his support for the government and his alleged statement of farmers being “anti-national and traitors”. They had carried out protest a march and burnt Goel’s effigy. Among those booked were BKU Charuni Ambala district president Malkiat Singh, district vice-president Gulab Singh, Jalbera villager Jai Singh, and his son, Navdeep Singh, who became “Delhi Chalo” hero for climbing atop a water tank. The Ambala SP’s March 11 order stated: “DSP (headquarters) Sultan Singh, who reported the Inco Chowk protest in the jurisdiction of the Baldev Nagar police station, said the BKU leaders had abused MLA Aseem Goel. He recommended a departmental action against inspector SHO Hamir Singh for the inaction, misconduct, and negligence. The SHO is also transferred to the Police Lines and DSP Ambala-II Madan Lal has ordered a regular departmental enquiry against him.” When contacted, Ambala SP Hamid Akhtar said: “There should have been timely action on the day (when the farmers cordoned the house of MLA Goel) but there was not even a proper briefing of the senior officers.” Police sources claimed that on the day of protest Hamir was one of the four SHOs deployed at Inco Chowk and the MLA’s house with DSP Sultan Singh but others had been spared.

The Times of India

2021-03-15

Gurgaon