Farmer hurt in Karnal lathicharge dies of heart attack: BKU leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni

One of the farmers injured in the police lathicharge in Haryana on Saturday. Pic/Twitter

One of the farmers injured in the police lathicharge in Haryana on Saturday has died of heart attack, a union leader said on Sunday. "Sushil Kajal had been participating in the farmers' agitation for the past nine months. He had suffered serious injuries in the police lathicharge at Karnal Toll Plaza yesterday and at night he succumbed to a heart attack… The farming community will always remember his sacrifice," Senior BKU leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni tweeted.

Around 10 people were injured on Saturday as police lathicharged a group of farmers allegedly disrupting traffic movement on a national highway while heading towards Karnal to protest against a BJP meeting. Farmers blocked roads and highways in Punjab for two hours on Sunday in protest against the lathicharge. The protesters burnt the effigies of the BJP-led government in Haryana for using "force" on farmers in Karnal.

Meanwhile, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said Karnal Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ayush Sinha will face action for instructing policemen to beat up protesters on Saturday, according to a report in the Indian Express. Sinha was caught on camera saying, "No one should break the cordon and reach me. If someone does, make sure he has a broken head. Hope this is clear". "The use of such kind of words by an IAS officer for farmers is condemnable. Definitely, action will be taken against him," Chautala told ANI on Sunday.

Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu also condemned the Haryana police's action on farmers. "Deplorable assault on the protesting Farmers is an attack on Fundamental Rights of every Indian...earned after innumerable sacrifices during the freedom struggle, It impinges and impedes on the spirit of the Constitution and Breaks the Backbone of India's democracy!!" he said in a tweet and also shared a video of "use of force" by police on farmers in Haryana.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had expressed shock on Saturday at the "brazen brutality" of the Haryana police and had slammed Khattar for "unleashing such a vicious assault on the peacefully protesting farmers".

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Approx. no. of farmers injured in police lathicharge on Saturday

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