For locals at the Kauri village and some people whose friends and relatives were in the two trains in the 1998 accident, the Friday night crash was nothing less than deja vu.
After meeting at Singhu, arhtiyas-farmers decide to gherao I-T officials during raids
Farmer unions, it has been decided, will reach at the location where the I-T team will come for any operation and will join the ahrtiyas. Later offices of I-T officials and even their houses will also be gheraoed. Updated: December 24, 2020 6:04:48 pm
Labourers and employees sit idle at the grain market in Mullanpur, Ludhiana, while Punjab arhtiyas are on strike. Express Photo: Gurmeet Singh
Farmers and arhtiyas on Wednesday decided that they will together gherao income tax officials in case they come for any search or raid without proper documentation. The decision was taken at a meeting at Singhu border between the 5-member committee of ahrtiyas with the Samyukt Kisan Morcha which includes the representatives of 32 farmer unions of Punjab.