Farmers refuse to cremate young man who died in police clash

Farmer leaders participating in the lsquoDelhi Chalorsquo agitation on Friday said the cremation of Shubhkaran Singh who died amid clashes between Haryana Police and Punjab farmers will not take place till the Punjab government registers a case against those responsible for itSubhkaran Singh 21 a native of Bathinda died on Wednesday at Khanauri border point on the PunjabHaryana border amid clashes between Haryana Police and Punjab farmers The incident took place when the farmers rushed to the barricades several layers of which had been erected by Haryana authorities to prevent farmers from proceeding with their march and clashed with policeFarmers burn effigies during lsquoBlack Dayrsquo protestAccording to the medical superintendent of Patialabased Rajindra Hospital Subhkaran had an injury to his head The postmortem was delayed as the farmers pressed for acceptance of their demandsSpeaking to reporters in Patiala farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said the Punjab chief minister had asserted that stringent action would be taken against those responsible for Shubhkaranrsquos deathFarmers during their lsquoBlack Dayrsquo protest following the death of a farmer PicPTIldquoWe have told the family that it may take two days or 10 days For us money is not important We are demanding that an FIR be lodged and then cremation will take placerdquo he said and accused Punjab government officials of ldquopressuringrdquo Shubhkaranrsquos family into agreeing to the cremationReplying to a question Jagjit Singh Dallewal leader of SKM NonPolitical that is spearheading the lsquoDelhi Chalorsquo march along with the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha claimed the senior superintendent of police of Bathinda has said that police could not register a case against Haryana security personnel1CRCompensation announced by Punjab govtAnother farmer dies of heart attackA 62yearold farmer who was part of protest died of heart attack in Khanauri on the PunjabHaryana border a farmer leader said on Friday Darshan Singh was a native of Amargarh village in Bathinda district said Sarwan Singh Pandher The Samyukta Kisan Morcha NonPolitical and KMM are spearheading a farmersrsquo agitation at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points of Punjab and Haryana over various of their demands including a law on MSP A 72yearold farmer part of the same agitation had earlier died of cardiac arrest Another 63yearold farmer died of a heart attack at the Shambhu borderRs 1 cr compensation for sister MannPunjab CM Bhagwant Mann announced a compensation of R1 crore and a government job for the sister of farmer Shubhkaran Singh who died during protest ldquoThe family of Shubhkaran who got martyred during the farmerrsquos movement on the Khanauri border will be given financial assistance of R1 crore and a government job to his younger sister Due legal action will be taken against culpritsrdquo Mann said in a postPolice withdraws move to invoke NSAThe Haryana Police said it was withdrawing its earlier decision to invoke NSA against some farmer leaders This comes a day after Ambala police issued a statement saying that it was implementing the process of detaining office bearers of the protesting farmer outfits under section 23 of the National Security Act 1980 to maintain law and order and prevent criminal activitiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever