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ROHTAK/BATHINDA: In a first incident of its kind at the farmers’ protest site, the Haryana Police on Sunday night booked six persons for gang rape and abduction of a 25-yearold activist at Tikri border.
The accused, identified as Anil Malik, Anup Singh, Ankush Sangwan and Jagdish Brar along with two women, had pitched tents at Tikri border under the banner of Kisan Social Army and have been booked under sections 365, 342, 376-D, 506, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.
According to the details in the FIR, a delegation of farmers, including the accused, had held a public meeting in Hooghly, Bengal, on April 1. The victim, an artist and designer, had come in contact with them and she convinced her parents to allow her to go to a protest site in Delhi to support the farmers.
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The protest call by farm unions against lockdown got a tepid response in the state today amid weekend restrictions in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases. Markets in various districts remained closed even as protests were held by unions pledging support to traders.
In Bathinda, the unions, on a call given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, had planned marches and rallies against the lockdown, urging traders to open shops/outlets. However, shopkeepers did not comply with them.
Amit Kapoor, state president, Punjab Pradesh Beopar Mandal, said: “We support farmers but considering the raging pandemic, we decided not to open shops. We do not want to risk people’s lives.”
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Rakesh Tikait addressing a large meeting in April 2021 amid Covid-19 surge
Momita Basu (25), daughter of communist leader Utsav Basu from West Bengal, died of Covid-19 on Friday (30 April). She had reached the protest site at the Tikri border on 12 April and fell ill on 26 April as per a
She had an infection in her lungs apart from testing positive for Covid-19.
Punjab Kisan Union leader Jasbir Kaur Natt told the reporters: âShe was in my direct contact. She was an active girl and was participating in various programmes at the farmer protest. When she felt uneasy on 26 April, my daughter Navkiran Kaur Natt took her to a private hospital at Bahadurgarh. She had to put in a lot of effort to get her admitted to the hospital. In the Covid test, she turned positive and passed away on Friday evening. Her mortal remains were consigned to flames at Bahadurgarh.â
The Protesting Farmer Is Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea They do not understand that if the virus does not kill us, the three farm laws certainly will.
Farmers protest at the Haryana-Punjab border. Photo: Twitter/@KisanEktaManch
Itâs an old trick, and one that rulers have used since times immemorial.
When things arenât going well, shift the focus from your own incompetence and blame the most vulnerable. It, therefore, comes as no great surprise that as the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the national capital, TV channels sympathetic to the government have now started blaming the horrific state of affairs in the city on âfarmers blocking oxygen trucks coming into the city.âÂ