Farm Leaders Booked for Murder Bid

BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) Activists Had Allegedly Attacked a DSP at Jeond Village in Bathinda on Monday

- Vishal Joshi

BATHINDA: A day after deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Rahul Bhardwaj and his gunman Jaswinder Singh were attacked by farm union protesters at Jeond village in Bathinda district, a case of attempt to murder and abduction was registered against 11 Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan) leaders, including president Joginder Singh Ugrahan, official sources said on Tuesday.

Two first information reports (FIRs) were registered at Sadar Rampura police station on Monday evening after the DSP was hospitalized with a fracture in his left arm. No arrest has been made so far.

The activists, led by Ugrahan and his deputy Jhanda Singh Jethuke, clashed with the police while obstructing the land demarcation exercise being undertaken on Punjab and Haryana high court orders. They were booked for attempt to murder, abduction and other criminal offences.