BKU leader Rakesh Tikait, 12 others booked for violating Section 144 in Haryana

The Haryana Police has registered a case towards Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait and 12 others, who held a ‘maha panchayat’ in a village right here, for allegedly violating prohibitory orders below Section 144 of the CrPc, officers mentioned on Sunday.

Tikait and another BKU leaders addressed the ‘kisan mazdoor maha panchayat’ in Dhurali village close to Ambala Cantt on Saturday.

Ratan Maan Singh, Baldev Singh and Jasmer Saini are among the many different 12 farmer leaders who’ve been booked by the police.

In view of a large surge in coronavirus instances, the district Justice of the Peace had imposed Section 144, which bars meeting of 4 or extra individuals.

The police mentioned Assistant Sub-Inspector Chandi Singh had warned the BKU leaders to not maintain the ‘maha panchayat’ as Section 144 was enforced in the district.

“However, BKU leaders went ahead and organised the event,” a senior police official said.

Based on a complaint of the assistant sub-inspector, a case was registered against Tikait and 12 other farmer leaders.

“They violated the orders below Section 144 in addition to the orders duly promulgated by the general public servant (district Justice of the Peace) below Section 188 of the IPC. The different provisions of IPC added in the FIR embrace Section 269 (negligent act more likely to unfold an infection of illness harmful to life) and 270 (malignant act more likely to unfold an infection of illness harmful to life),” the police official mentioned.

Addressing the ‘maha panchayat’, Tikait, who’s the nationwide spokesperson of BKU, reiterated that the agitation towards the Centre’s new farm legal guidelines will proceed until the time these legislations are repealed.

He requested the farmers to organize themselves for a protracted battle.

The BKU leader additionally hit out on the authorities over its dealing with of the COVID disaster, saying numerous hospitals throughout the nation are grappling with a extreme scarcity of medical oxygen.

Talking to the media later, Tikait mentioned in the course of the occasion, farmers had been informed that they need to take all of the steps to guard themselves from the illness.