While farmers continue their sit-in protest at the mini-secretariat gate, DC Nishant Kumar Yadav, IG Mamta Singh and SP Gangaram Punia, other senior officers are still holding talks with them so that some positive solutions can be found, the Haryana government said in a statement.
Farmer unions had demanded action against officials over the lathi-charge against protesters on August 28 in Karnal. Otherwise, they had threatened farmers will lay siege on the Karnal mini-secretariat – a threat they appeared to be carrying out.
Security arrangements have been beefed up in Karnal as farmers will be holding a mahapanchayat today and also plan to gherao the mini-secretariat.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer outfits protesting against the farm laws, has thretaened to lay siege to the Karnal mini-secretariat on Tuesday if its demands were not met.
The Haryana Police had lathicharged a group of farmers disrupting traffic movement on a national highway near here on August 28 while heading towards Karnal to protest against a BJP meeting. Over 10 protesters were injured.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has defended police action on protesting farmers in Karnal. He said that strictness was needed to maintain the law and order situation.
At least 10 people were injured on Saturday as police lathicharged a group of farmers disrupting traffic movement on a highway in Haryana while heading towards Karnal to protest against a BJP meeting.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday said the country has been taken over by 'Sarkari Taliban' who are giving orders to "break the head" of farmers. Tikait's remark came a day after police action against farmers in Karnal, and a video of SDM coaching his cops.
Haryana was at the center of a brimming controversy throughout the day. After videos of police action against farmers in Karnal surfaced, another footage caught the attention of social media users that raised many questions.
The state police drew severe criticism for the action against the farmers, and several roads were blockaded at different places in protest.
Haryana on Tuesday reported 144 COVID-19 related deaths, taking the cumulative toll to 5,910, while 11,637 fresh infections pushed the total case count to 6,40,252, according to official figures.
Former Union Minister of State for Home Affairs I.D. Swami died due to a heart ailment on Sunday afternoon. He was 90.
A 12-year-old girl has alleged that she was raped repeatedly by four persons, including a minor, on several occasions in Haryana's Karnal district, police said on Thursday.
A 5-year-old girl, identified as Shivani fell into a 50-feet-deep borewell in Haryana's Karnal on Sunday. The child was pulled out of the borewell and was rushed to the hospital, where she was declared dead. According to the NDRF team, the child was stuck in an upside-down position and her leg was visible to the NDRF team.
In a shocking incident, a self-proclaimed godwoman and her private guards went on a shooting spree at a wedding in Haryana’s Karnal town on Tuesday, killing the groom’s aunt and leaving three others critically injured.
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