Farmers Movement Archive

Punjab: Nodeep Kaur gets bail in second case but not out of jail

BATHINDA: Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur on Monday got bail in another case registered against her on January 12 under the charges of extortion and unlawful assembly. However, she is still behind the bars as she faces another case of attempt to murder for allegedly attacking Haryana Police personnel. Her family moved a bail application on Monday in the Punjab and Haryana high court in the case, which was also registered on January 12 after her arrest. She had got bail on Thursday in the first case of extortion registered against her on December 28, 2020. Earlier, bail in attempt to murder case was denied to Nodeep by Sonipat district and session court on February 2. Nodeep’s sister Rajveer Kaur told TOI, “The Sonipat district and session court granted her bail on Monday in FIR 26 registered on January 12 at Kundli. The family today moved application in the high court for bail in FIR 25 also registered on January 12, under the charges of attempt to murder. The court is expected to take up the application soon.” Twenty three years old Nodeep, who was from Gandhar village in Muktsar district of Punjab, was arrested on January 12 after a clash with police. Farm activists have said the Dalit activist was raising the matter of unpaid wages of nearly 300 workers of factories situated at Kundli when the incident happened and claimed that she was being punished for participating in farmer struggle at Singhu. While cases of extortion was registered on the complaint of an employee of the industrial unit where Nodeep and others had gone to protest, attempt to murder case was filed by Sonipat police. Police had released a video of Nodeep and others clashing with cops. Nodeep was participating in the farm struggle from early days of December 2020 and she was thrown out of job. US Vice President Kamala Harris’ niece Meena Harris, Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission and Punjab Women Commission have raised her issue, along with farm bodies.

The Times of India

2021-02-16

Amritsar