Friday, March 29, 2024
ADVT 
India

Tension at Tikri border after man burnt to death

Darpan News Desk IANS, 17 Jun, 2021 12:09 PM
  • Tension at Tikri border after man burnt to death

Bahadurgarh (Haryana), June 17 (IANS) Tension is brewing on the Tikri border with report coming in of a death due to torching after the agitating farmers allegedly set a person from Bahadurgarh on fire.

The police are not taking chances with the inflammatory situation and sufficient force has been deployed to prevent a possible breakdown of law and order.

As per the details emerging from the incident, one Madan Lal gave a statement to the police that his brother, Mukesh, had gone to meet the agitating farmers sitting in protest against the three Central farm laws on Tikri border on NH9 on at 5 pm on Wednesday.

His father, Jagdish, received telephonic information that the agitating farmers had doused his son with kerosene and had torched him. On getting this information, Madan Lal along with the sarpanch of Kasar village immediately reached the spot where they had a confrontation with the agitating farmers.

Thereafter, they took Mukesh to General Hospital, Bahadurgarh, for treatment.

According to the sarpanch, before dying, Mukesh had told him that he had been set on fire by one Kishan, who was wearing white clothes.

On the basis of Madan Lal's statement, an FIR was registered at Sector 6 police station in Bahadurgarh in the early hours of Thursday.

During the day, after Mukesh succumbed to his burn injuries, Section 302 was added to the case.

The main culprit, Kishan, who belongs to Jind district, has been arrested. Further investigations are underway.

The post-mortem of the deceased is being conducted and heavy police force has been deployed in the area.

MORE India ARTICLES

Indian students paying $4K for one-way fare to land in Canada

Indian students paying $4K for one-way fare to land in Canada
The Delta variant accounts for more than 27 per cent of new cases in Ontario, as more international flights with Covid cases landed in Toronto last week.

Indian students paying $4K for one-way fare to land in Canada

India cautiously starts to open up as virus cases decline

India cautiously starts to open up as virus cases decline
India's capital allowed businesses and shops to reopen with limited hours and the Delhi Metro, which serves New Delhi and adjoining areas, also resumed operations at 50% capacity.

India cautiously starts to open up as virus cases decline

BJP leader was accused of molesting girl in train: JD-U

BJP leader was accused of molesting girl in train: JD-U
After Upendra Kushwaha and Sanjay Singh, Umesh Thakur, the Siwan district president of the JD-U, jumped into the fray and said that Pandey has a long criminal history. He had also molested a young girl in a train.

BJP leader was accused of molesting girl in train: JD-U

Punjab govt discriminating against teachers: Akali Dal

Punjab govt discriminating against teachers: Akali Dal
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday condemned the Congress government in Punjab for allegedly discriminating against teachers and forcing them to come to the streets, and asked state Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla not to behave in an 'arrogant' and 'dictatorial' manner and resolve the grievances of government school teachers immediately.

Punjab govt discriminating against teachers: Akali Dal

Punjab selling vaccines at hefty profit to private hospitals: Sukhbir Badal

Punjab selling vaccines at hefty profit to private hospitals: Sukhbir Badal
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal on Thursday demanded a high court monitored probe into the manner in which the Congress government in Punjab was playing with the people's lives by creating an artificial shortage of vaccines by selling vaccine doses at a hefty profit to private hospitals.

Punjab selling vaccines at hefty profit to private hospitals: Sukhbir Badal

US sending Covid vaccines to India, Harris tells Modi (Ld)

US sending Covid vaccines to India, Harris tells Modi (Ld)
The electronic conversation took place as US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that India will receive Covid vaccines directly from the US stockpile, the White House said.

US sending Covid vaccines to India, Harris tells Modi (Ld)