Farmers Movement Archive

136 cases filed against farmers in Haryana during agitation against farm bills

Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, August 20A total of 136 cases have been registered till date against protestors or farmers during the agitation against farm bills across 17 districts of the state.The government submitted these details in reply to a question of Congress chief whip BB Batra today.In Sonepat alone, 26 FIRs have been registered, which are the maximum, followed by 15 in Ambala, 14 in Kurukshetra and 12 in Sirsa.In total, 731 accused have been mentioned by name while close to 33,000 have been mentioned as unknown. The maximum accused by name have been mentioned in Kurukshetra, where the figure is 147, followed by 114 in Ambala.In Sirsa, an FIR registered on November 27 mentioned 10,000 unknown accused, which is the maximum.Out of the 136 FIRs, sedition charges were pressed in two cases, one in Sirsa and another in Bahadurgarh (Jhajjar). In these two cases, three people are mentioned by name and 80-90 accused are unknown.The Sirsa case was registered on July 11, on the complaint of the duty magistrate, after farmers attacked the cavalcade of Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa when he was leaving the Chaudhary Devi Lal University (CDLU).The Bahadurgarh case was registered on January 15, on the allegations that an accused, Sunil Gulia, had uploaded a video on social media wherein he vowed to launch a cannon attack against the government if it did not listen to the protesting farmers.

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2021-08-21