The police have booked thousands of farmers for breaking barricades and gherao of BJP leaders during the stir. However, only a few hundred protesters have been named in the FIRs.
HARYANA POLICE has started sending notices to farm protesters who have been booked in different cases during their ongoing agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws. The farmers in turn have decided to gherao Jagadhari police station of Yamunanagar district to offer their arrests in large numbers on November 18. They have also asked protesters who have received such notices not to respond till their agitation is on.
The police have booked thousands of farmers for breaking barricades and gherao of BJP leaders during the stir. However, only a few hundred protesters have been named in the FIRs. In August, during the Assembly session, the state government had said that 136 FIRs have been lodged against farmers protesting against the three farm laws during the past 11 months in Haryana. Two of the FIRs were lodged under charges of sedition. After August, several fresh FIRs have been lodged against them as well.
Keeping in view the resistance they may face, police haven’t arrested many of the farmers yet in connection with the FIRs lodged against them, sources said. Farm leaders have also given a call to protesters to not go to any police station even if the police call them for the same. They argue that the issue of FIRs will be decided only when a decision is taken on the three farm laws. Under these circumstances, sources say, police have started sending notices to the protesters via village sarpanches, numberdars and chowkidars.