Kisan Morcha demands fair probe in suicide attempt by a villager at Tikri Border
BJP and JJP are trying to defame our movement: Kisan Morcha
Singhu Border (Delhi), June 17, 2021:
On the issue of a suicide attempt by a villager near Tikri Border on Wednesday night, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) stated that the political parties like BJP and JJP are trying to defame the on-going farmers’ movement against the central government by implicating them in this case. The SKM also demanded a fair police probe into the suicide case and assured that the farmers’ unions would fully co-operate in this probe.
In a statement issued by the farmers’ leaders, it was mentioned that “As part of the continuous efforts to defame and slander the ongoing farmers' movement, an unfortunate case of suicide by a local villager is being used by the BJP/JJP Government, its political agents and their troll army to somehow implicate the farmers’ movement.”
The leaders said that on the night of 16 June, Mukesh, a resident of Kasar village in Bahadurgarh, was burnt around a HP petrol pump near his village, close to Kisan Morcha tents at the Tikri border. They said, “Sadly, he succumbed to his injuries today. SKM understands that the FIR (No. 0196/17 June, Sector 6, Bahadurgarh) names a person, Krishna, as accused. He has since been arrested. The FIR also insinuates that the protesting farmers had burnt him.”
The SKM has given the following facts in this case:
Yesterday night, a person was seen around the HP petrol pump. Soon he poured petrol and set himself on fire. As soon as the Kisan Morcha volunteers noticed it, they rushed in to douse fire and save his life. They learnt that this attempted suicide was spurred by a conflict in his family. An employee from the petrol pump identified Mukesh and informed his family who took him to hospital. It is shocking that the farmers who tried their best to save an unknown person are now being implicated in attempt to murder.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha appealed to the Haryana government to carry out a fair investigation in this matter and assured of its complete cooperation in bringing the truth of this case to light.
“We appeal to the public not to be taken in by yet another attempt to slander this historic movement,” stated the SKM.