Farmer shot in head by police, Haryana home minster must be booked: Congress

Following the death of a protesting farmer at Khanauri border allegedly in police firing on 21st February, Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa sought an FIR against Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij.

Bajwa said that he has seen a video which showed that the victim was shot in the back of the head. Calling the police action unprovoked, the Congress leader said the protesters were in Punjab territory and none of them didn’t do anything wrong.

"It is unfortunate that a 23-year-old youth Subhkaran Singh from Bathinda district was killed in police firing at Khanauri border. I have seen the video which showed he was shot in the back of the head," said Bajwa.

"I demand that a case be filed against Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij in a police station in Punjab," added Bajwa.

The deceased farmer was identified as Subhkaran Singh who was in his early 20s. Singh was a resident of Baloke village in Punjab's Bathinda district.

Patiala-based Rajindra Hospital's medical superintendent H S Rekhi told reporters that three people, one of them dead, were brought to the hospital from Khanauri. The deceased had an injury to his head and the other two are stable, Rekhi said.

A few other protesters were injured on the Punjab-Haryana border as they resumed their 'Delhi Chalo' agitation. Haryana Police fired tear gas shells to thwart attempts to breach barricades at Shambhu and Khanauri.

The farmers claimed that Haryana police personnel fired rubber bullets, besides tear gas shells.