Singhu border case: Second Nihang Sikh confesses to killing Lakhbir Singh; arrested
India | Oct 17, 2021, 07:45 AM ISTThe second accused, Narayan Singh, was arrested from Rakh Devidass Pura at Amarkot village in the district.
The second accused, Narayan Singh, was arrested from Rakh Devidass Pura at Amarkot village in the district.
The Haryana Police on Saturday detained two more persons from the Nihang community — Bhagwant Singh and Govind Singh — in connection with the brutal murder of Dalit Sikh Lakhbir Singh at the farmers' protest site at Singhu.
The BJP also alleged that Sonia Gandhi's opening remarks at the CWC meet did not touch on a host of issues facing the party.
The family was barely managing two square meals a day when Lakhbir was alive and would work in the village fields or in the grain market of Tarn Taran district for his livelihood.
On Friday, a corpse of a man, with hands and legs chopped off, was found hanging on a police barricade at the farmers' protest site near the Singhu border, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hansraj.
Earlier on Friday, a corpse of a man, with hands and legs chopped off, was found hanging on a police barricade at the farmers' protest site near the Singhu border, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hansraj.
In a video clip that surfaced on social media, some Nihangs were seen standing around the injured man with his severed left hand close to his head. The group is heard accusing him of desecrating a Sikh holy book.
The lynching of a 35-year-old man at the Singhu border on Friday sent a chilling wave across the country, and the Nihangs have taken responsibility for the murder. Who are they? Here's what you need to know.
Sarabjit Singh, a member of the Nihang community, has surrendered to the police and claimed responsibility for the barbaric killing of a man at the farmers’ protest in Kundli near the Delhi-Haryana border.
SKM, an umbrella body of over 40 Indian farmers' unions against Centre's three farm laws, has identified the deceased as Lakhbir Singh from Cheema Kala village of Punjab.
Tikait had also said that the protest against the Lakhimpur violence would intensify if Ajay Mishra was not removed from his post.
The man was brutally murdered and his body was found hanging from a barricade near farmers' protest site at Singhu border on Friday morning.
The deceased farmer, identified as Baghel Ram, 55, was a resident of Khela village in Punjab and was a member of Kirti Kisan Union (KKU).
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere have been sitting at Delhi's borders for nearly 10 months demanding the repeal of the laws.
The protest comes even as Punjab, Haryana and Delhi are observing a lockdown due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana have been protesting at various border points near Delhi, including Singhu and Tikri, against the new farm laws.
Having faced chilly winters and heavy rains earlier, the construction of these concrete structures are among a slew of measures which farmers are taking to prepare themselves for the impending Delhi summer.
In order to deal with the scorching summer heat, on the 106th day of their agitation, farmers have started building 'pucca' houses (permanent structures made of bricks) at the Singhu border.
In a major relief to labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, who was arrested in Haryana on criminal charges during the farmers' agitation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday granted her bail. Justice Avneesh Jhingan passed the order on her bail petition.
The injured cop has been identified as Ashish Dubey. He is SHO of Samaypur Badli. He was attacked by an agitator with a sword at Singhu border.
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