Farmer unions have prolonged help to the household of kabbadi coach Harwinder Singh, who succumbed to accidents he had allegedly sustained throughout a conflict on Might 26.
An 11-member committee from Chauka village has been fashioned to speak to the police. Members of BKU Dakaunda are additionally a part of the committee. Nevertheless, conferences between SSP, IG and the committee didn’t yield any outcomes.
Chauka village residents on Friday continued their dharna on the Bathinda- Chandigarh freeway for the second day over the demise of the kabbadi coach. His kin demanded that the FIR embody drug smuggling expenses, aside from compensation and a job for a member of the family.
An FIR relating to the alleged Might 26 conflict, lodged with Gill Kalan police station, states that Harwinder and his pals had been allegedly attacked by some villagers recognized as Gurjeet, Gagna, Babbu after they’d lodged a grievance towards Gagna and Babbu for stealing poultry.
The household of Harwinder nonetheless, declare that the coach was overwhelmed to demise by ‘drug smugglers’. Within the Might 26 FIR, Gurjeet and his pals and some others had been booked.
Dev Singh, a marginal farmer, and Harwinder’s father, stated, “We do not know why police have talked about theft of poultry as the rationale for the conflict within the FIR. My son was serving to me in farming on my three acres land and he used to play and practice kabaddi gamers. He was a well being and health freak and therefore used to cease folks from consuming medicine. He additionally used to cease the group which clashed with him from promoting or consuming medicine.”
He additional stated: “My son was attacked by Gagna, Babbu and others solely as a result of he stopped them from promoting medicine. Police knew concerning the matter however they by no means understood the gravity of this downside and fairly inspired this clash-like scenario. We won’t cremate the physique, except we get justice.”
Baldev Singh, one other villager, stated, “Pressure on account of theft of poultry had occurred between two teams lengthy again. Therefore linking it now’s a giant shock. Police may have managed this example, had they acted in a mature method. Harwinder was overwhelmed by a gaggle of villagers, his video was additionally shot and made viral, even then police didn’t arrest them initially. They had been arrested solely after he died of accidents.”
Harwinder’s brother Gurwinder can also be a member of the committee. He alongwith different villagers went to fulfill IG Bathinda vary and the assembly was occurring until the time of submitting this report.
Manjeet Dhaner, senior vice-president of BKU Dakaunda, who was a part of the conferences between the police and the committee, stated, “Police are caught on the story of poultry theft whereas drug smuggling was the primary problem. Theft of poultry birds had additionally occurred after consuming medicine solely. There have been greater than 20 individuals who had come to assault Harwinder and his pals, out of which 5 had been booked by title. Police have arrested six individuals as of now however not those who’re named within the FIR as they’ve political patronage. We demand that hospital payments of the injured boys be waived off, in addition to compensation to the household. Our protest will proceed until the time calls for should not met.”