The family of the victim of the Singhu border murder said they had no intention of protesting anti-farm laws by farmers or Nihang Sikhs on October 27. (Photo: file / representative)
In an exclusive interview with India Today, the victim’s family shared the Murder on the Singhu border Earlier this month they said they had no intention of protesting the anti-farm laws on October 27th.
The victim Lakhbir Singh’s family said they were brought from Punjab to Delhi and Uttar Pradesh (UP) by members of Hind Mazdoor Kisan Samiti (HMKS), a UP-based farming group.
October 27th, Hundreds of farmers from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand led by the HMKS were stopped on the way to the Singhu border from Delhi to hold a demonstration against the lynching of Lakhbir Singh. His family was also there.
The protesters were stopped by Delhi police near Narela. When the number of demonstrators increased, the police resorted to Lathi charges.
Speaking to India Today, Lakhbir Singh’s brother-in-law Sukhchen Singh said: “We came to Delhi”. [on October 27] Demand compensation and secure the future of Lakhbir’s daughters and their education. But we didn’t want to protest against the rebellious peasants [sitting at Singhu border] or Nihangs. We weren’t for Havan or Antim ardas [final prayer] organized by HMKS. “
He added: “We have told the organizers that we will not be attending the Havan. We didn’t want to create a security threat to the whole family in Punjab. We felt scared and pressured after the Lathi summons in Narela. “
HOW DID HMKS REACT?
On the other hand, the HMKS claimed that Lakhbir Singh’s family wanted to carry out the Antim ardas on the border with Singhu.
“Lakhbir Singh’s family contacted us and we got to know them in UP. The family said they wanted justice and compensation. They claimed their demands were not being heard in Punjab. So we did the Havan in Narela, ”said Chandra Mohan, national president of HMKS.
Meanwhile, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a coalition of peasant groups protesting the centre’s farm laws, claims that the HMKS is affiliated with the BJP and Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan.
Old photos of an HMKS delegation who accompanied Sanjeev Balyan to meet Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar are making the rounds on social media. The HMKS is also one of the farmer groups who supported the centre’s agricultural laws.
However, the HMKS has denied allegations of any association with the BJP. “Balyan is our local MP so he attended our events,” they told India Today.
Chandra Mohan, HMKS National President added, “We have supported the CAA in the past. But the SKM should clarify its relationship with the government. In spite of the violence in the Red Fort and the rape and murder cases on the farmers’ protest grounds, why was nothing done against them? “
SINGHU FRONTIER KILLING
On October 15, Dalit worker Lakhbir Singh was lynched, his hand was chopped off and his body was handcuffed to a metal barricade at the peasant protest area near the Delhi-Haryana border.
A group of Nihang Sikhs later admitted responsibility for killing. You said you killed him for a “sacrilege” against their religious text.
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