Chandigarh, August 22, 2023 (PPI-OT): One farmer was killed while several police personnel were injured in clashes during a protest in Sangrur city of the Indian state of Punjab. The clashes erupted when the police tried to stop protesting farmers from blocking a highway and a toll plaza. The farmers were seeking compensation for damaged crops caused by floods. The killed farmer was identified as Pritam Singh.
Karnail Singh, a farmer leader from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Azaad), talking to the media said, “The police attacked our vehicles with batons, injured six of our farmers, and broke legs of two farmers. They also baton charged the protesting women farmers.” He said that a farmer Pritam Singh was killed in the police action.
Various unions including the Kissan Majdoor Sangarsh Committee, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Karantikari), Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta-Azaad, Azaad Kissan Committee (Doaba), Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bheramke), Bharatiya Kisan Union (Shaheed Bhagat Singh), and Bharatiya Kisan Union (Sir Chotu Ram) are taking part in the protest.
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