Farmers Movement Archive

Ensure justice in Singhu lynching case: SC groups to Sampla

Chandigarh: A day after the corpse of a Tarn Taran-based scheduled caste (SC) man with his hand chopped off was found hanging on a police barricade at the farmers’ protest site near the Singhu border in Delhi, scheduled caste organisations submitted complaints to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) chairperson Vijay Sampla seeking justice for the victim. Sampla has asked Punjab’s officiating DGP, Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota, and Tarn Taran SSP Harvinder Singh Virk to ensure cremation of the deceased with religious rites and without any protests. Representatives of SC organisations condemned the heinous crime and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. “Lakhbir Singh was murdered with brutality and the victim’s family should be brought to justice as soon as possible,” the NGOs, who are fighting for the rights of scheduled castes, appealed to Sampla. These representatives also requested Sampla to take strict legal action against the culprits in this case, and to press charges of SC Act against them. “SKM, farmer leaders and activists, who are sitting on the Singhu border, must be held responsible of this brutal incident as the man was killed despite their high-level security,” said these SC organisations’ members. These SC organisations were: Bhartiya Baudh Sangh, Rashtriya Bhantu Sansi Samaj, Shri Guru Ravidas Vishwa Mahapeeth (Delhi Province), Jai Baba Rama Peer Janmotsav Committee, National Scheduled Caste Alliance, Delhi Prantiya Raigar Panchayat and Valmiki Mahapanchayat. tnn

The Times of India

2021-10-17

Chandigarh