Two days after the death of a protesting farmer in a police crackdown on the border of Punjab and Haryana, the matter has drawn international attention with an Indian origin British MP and Amnesty International expressing concern about freedom of expression and rights of the farmers.
The young farmer identified as Shubhkaran Singh was at the Khanauri border between Punjab and Haryana and was taken to a hospital nearby with what appeared to be a bullet injury to the head.
“Many of my Slough constituents, including members of the local Sikh community of the local Gurdwaras have written to me regarding their serious concerns about the safety of protesting farmers in their attempt to march towards the Indian capital New Delhi. Yesterday, a protester was killed during are reported stand off with the police wherein the cause of death and I qoute the was ‘a bullet wound to the head’. Punjab health minister confirmed that a second boy had also sustained a bullet wound but luckily he has survived,“ said Labour MP for Slough Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi adding that at least thirteen other protesters were wounded in the same event.
