A Farmer Can t Be Draped in the Tricolour at His Funeral, But a Lynching Accused Can
The UP Police said they have filed an FIR against the family of a protesting farmer who passed away for draping his body with the national flag. When the same was done at the funeral of a Dadri lynching accused, though, no action was taken.
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Rights05/Feb/2021
New Delhi:Â Balvinder Singh, a farmer from Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit, was among the thousands of protesters at Delhi’s Ghazipur border. The 32-year-old went “missing” from the protest site, and was later found dead at a Delhi hospital. According to the police, he died in a road accident on January 25. He was cremated on February 3.