New Delhi: Hundreds of protesters reached the Singhu border on Wednesday to protest the murder of Lakhbir Singh on October 15, allegedly by Nihang Sikh.
The protesters tried to destroy police barricades which resulted in clashes where the police had to use mild strength to bring the situation under control.
A police officer told TII that on Wednesday night, hundreds of people, marched under the Hind Mazdoor Banner Kisan Samiti, reached the border of Muzaffarnagar.
“They wanted to do Havan in the place where Lakhbir Singh was killed.
We told them that it was on the side of the Haryana border, but they ignored this information and tried to remove the barricade,” the officer added.
When the officer was asked whether the stick costs were made to disperse the protesters, he answered that the police had used “light strength” to control the crowd and that no one was injured.
“The protesters are now sitting in 80 Fota Road,” the officer said.
When asked whether the family and relatives of Lakhbir Singh were also present among the demonstrators, police officers said there were several women and children among the agitators, but the police could not identify whether they were from the men who died.
Meanwhile, there was no pause for commuters who wanted to cross the Singhu border from Haryana to Delhi.
Although farmers claim that they facilitate the movement of traffic, on Wednesday, cars and bicycles move at the speed of the snail.
Between 12:30 a.m.
and 13:00 on Wednesday, the long queue of vehicles had lined up in the village of Singhu.
There is all round frustration, not least for commuter driving to their workplace.
Traffic police, as usual, are seen giving drivers to take alternative routes.
Some drivers also argue with street staff about what they call “unnecessary redirects”.
At the Singhu border near Kundli, farmers have raised wheat on one side of the road in the morning which produces massive traffic snarls.
Barricades removed in the afternoon.
Manoj, who manages a shop in Singhu Village, Sat Ruing the “Bahuth Hi Bura Haal (very bad condition)” in place.
He said, “I started my business a year ago, and since then I suffered from farmer protests.
Every day, passengers compete with long snow.
There is no pause for anyone.” Recently, the Supreme Court said that farmers Having the right to protest three central agricultural laws even when their validity was challenged in the APEX court.
But the court was firm in his view that no one was allowed to block the road without limits and violating the right to the rights of citizens to travel without obstacles.
According to a resident of Singh Village, there was traffic congestion from morning to night with a vehicle diverted from the highway to the village road.
“The road conditions have deteriorated because of the movement of large commercial vehicles,” Local residents Kalimuddin said.
According to a police officer Delhi, the blocking of the highway by farmers has forced the police to provide alternative routes.