Case Against 350 Farmers Over Violence During Protests In Haryana

The police had used tear gas shells and force to disperse a group of farmers who tried to march towards the venue where Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was inaugurating a Covid hospital.

The Haryana police have registered a case against 350 unnamed farmers for allegedly attacking government employees and stone pelting during the protest against Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar who had inaugurated a Covid hospital last week. The case has been registered on the complaint of Inspector Virendra Kumar, in-charge of Urban Estate Police Station, the police said on Thursday. The case has been registered under sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon), 188 (obstructing public servant in discharge of his public functions), 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or use of criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code, a district police spokesperson said. Twenty policemen, including five women officials, were injured in the clash between the farmers and the police on Sunday, officials said. The police had lobbed tear gas shells and used force to disperse a group of farmers who tried to march towards the venue where Mr Khattar had gone to inaugurate the COVID-19 hospital on May 16.