Singhu Border Killing 'Unfortunate', Won't Affect Farmers' Protest, Says BKU Leader Rakesh Tikait

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait called the killing "unfortunate" and said that this will not hamper the farmers protest against the Centre's three farm laws.

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait. (File Photo)

New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday expressed his condolence over the alleged killing of a man near the Singhu border. He called the killing "unfortunate" and said that this will not hamper the farmers protest against the Centre's three farm laws.

"Whatever happened is wrong and unfortunate. Someone killed him and later the police arrested the killer. The matter is subject to investigation. It will not affect our protest," Tikait was quoted by ANI in its report.

Whatever happened is wrong. Someone killed him and later the police arrested the killer. The matter is subject to investigation. It will not affect the our protest: BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on body of a man found at Singhu near Delhi-Haryana border pic.twitter.com/GScneZvdaU

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Earlier on Friday, a body of a young man was found hanging at a farmer's protest site in Kundli, Sonipat. Video and image of the body, which was left hanging to a barricade with severed limbs went viral on social media. According to Haryana Police, the body is of a man named Lakhbir Singh who was about a 35-36-year-old labourer from Cheema Khurd village from Tarn Taran district. He belonged to Scheduled Caste. 

"A police inspector reached the site with a team and found that the man's body only had his undergarment on and his hands and legs were chopped off. He was hanged to a police barricade. People present there were questioned but nothing was revealed about who is responsible for this. The probe is on," Deputy Superintendent of Police Hansraj was quoted by ANI.

An FIR has been registered in the case, said the DSP.

According to an NDTV report, Nihangs the 'warrior' Sikh group are being blamed for the brutal and sickening murder, which took place in Kundli in Haryana's Sonipat district. There are reports that the man was about 35 years old. 

(With Inputs from ANI)