4 BKU members arrested by Haryana Police

Charged with attempted to murder for attack on the vehicle of Kurukshetra MP Nayab Singh

Four members of the (BKU) were arrested by Haryana Police on Wednesday on charges of attempt to murder under the Indian Penal Code, among others, for the alleged attack on the vehicle of Kurukshetra Lok Sabha member Nayab Singh during a protest a day ago. A large number of farmers held a sit-in agitation outside Shahbad Police Station in Kurukshetra during the day in protest against the arrests. Mr. Singh had gone to Majri Mohalla for a personal visit on Tuesday when BKU members gathered outside the house being visited by him to hold a protest. When the Member of Parliament got inside his car to return, the BKU members surrounded the vehicle, raised slogans and showed black flags to him. The protesters tried to pull Mr. Singh out from inside his vehicle and a few of them even sat on the bonnet of the car, said the police. They also smashed the rear windscreen of the car. Mr. Singh had a narrow escape, added the police.