Could 05, 2025 11:05 AM IST
A number of key farmer activists in varied districts of Punjab are being held by the police to forestall any law-and-order state of affairs.
Farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal was on Monday saved on home arrest in Faridkot district of Punjab, forward of a name by senior farmer leaders for a one-day strike by Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur) outdoors the Shambhu police station on Tuesday.
Farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dhallewal on March 19, 2025, throughout his protest. (Keshav Singh/ HT Picture)
A number of key farmer activists in varied districts of Punjab are being held by the police to forestall any law-and-order state of affairs. A police group reached Dallewal’s village round 4am and requested the chief to remain indoors for 3-4 days.
Official sources stated a number of different leaders are going through police motion to make sure that BKU (Sidhupur) fails to mobilise its cadre for the agitation.
Dallewal posted a video on his Fb criticising the police motion in opposition to the Sidhupur faction and stated the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) authorities is harassing the farmers’ rights group, which is combating for justice.
The septuagenarian stated union activists have been to assemble outdoors the Shambhu police station to spotlight the alleged police misconduct and harassment of volunteers. He alleged that when dharnas websites at Khanauri and Shambhu have been forcibly evicted by the police, the volunteers allegedly confronted police misbehaviour and several other belongings of the protesters, together with tractors, went lacking.
“When our union demanded compensation for the missing articles, the state police head ensured that losses would be compensated. The missing things were traced to close associates of AAP leaders and police personnel. Instead of initiating swift action against the culprit, the police started booking individuals who were tracking the missing articles of farmers. Now, when we planned against the police conduct, the government started an attempt to derail our agitation for May 6,” Dallewal stated.
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