HC orders judicial probe into farmer’s death on Punjab-Haryana border

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HC orders judicial probe into farmer’s death on Punjab-Haryana border



“The probe will be conducted by a retired high court judge and two Additional DGP rank officers from Punjab and Haryana,” he said. Reacting to the high court orders, the Leader of the Opposition in Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa said that the prime focus of the committee would be to find out the jurisdiction in which Shubhkaran’s death took place. It would also investigate the type of weapon used in the killing of the young farmer. The AAP government is still attempting to establish that Singh’s death occurred in the jurisdiction of the Garhi police station of the Jind district of Haryana. However, the narrative failed to convince the division bench. Killed during protestA native of Bathinda, Shubhkaran was killed and 12 police personnel injured in clashes at Khanauri border point on the Punjab-Haryana border on February 21. The incident took place when some protesting farmers were trying to head towards barricades.



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