Official Goes To Stop Stubble Burning In Punjab. Here's What Farmers Did Next...

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said he has asked the police to identify the "mobsters" involved in the act and book them for this "misdeed".

A group of farmers allegedly forced a government official, who was part of a team to prevent farm fires, to set a heap of paddy stubble on fire in Punjab's Bathinda district. The incident drew condemnation from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

A purported video of the entire incident also surfaced on social media. Chief Minister Mann said an FIR will be lodged in the matter.

Bathinda Deputy Commissioner Showkat Ahmad Parray on Saturday said he has written to the senior superintendent of police to register an FIR against the farmers for preventing the official from discharging his duty.