Farmers Movement Archive

‘Inching towards truth’, says grandfather of Navreet after court order

BAREILLY: “Court is the only place where I expect to get justice,” the 75-year-old grandfather of Navreet Singh said on Wednesday hours after Delhi high court directed constitution of a medical board to examine the X-Ray report of the youth who was killed near Delhi’s ITO crossing during January 26 tractor rally. While Delhi Police had claimed that Navreet (25) died after his tractor overturned, the family had been maintaining that he was shot dead. “So far, we are satisfied with the court proceedings. We are inching towards revealing the truth. Now the court has ordered the appointment of a board of doctors from Maulana Azad Medical College to examine the X-ray report,” says Hardeep Singh Dibdiba. Navreet was a vocal opponent of the three farm laws. A resident of Dibdiba village in UP’s Rampur district, he had returned home from Australia after marriage. Navreet’s body was sent to Rampur and the autopsy was done by a panel of three doctors there. The doctors in the autopsy report claimed that Navreet died of “shock and haemorrhage as a result of ante-mortem head injury”. “After collecting sufficient evidence”, Hardeep Singh had moved to the court on February 10. The matter was listed on Wednesday where advocate Vrinda Grover sought a copy of the X-ray report and post-mortem and inquest reports and Delhi Police had consented to it. Justice Yogesh Khanna also asked the doctors of Maulana Azad Medical College to prepare the X-ray report from the original plate which has been received by Delhi Police from the UP Police.

The Times of India

2021-03-18

Bareilly