After ordering a time-bound probe by a retired District and Sessions Judge into the death of Tarn Taran Assistant Sub-Inspector during a farmers’ agitation in Jeobala village, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday directed the Principal Secretary, Home, to ensure completion of enquiry within three months.
The enquiry was ordered on May 31 to ascertain the facts that led to the death of ASI Kulbir Singh during farmer’s agitation. A retired District and Session Judge of Haryana CR Goel has been entrusted to carry out the probe, and submit the report to the Chief Minister within three months.
Punjab Police ASI Kulbir Singh, who was part of a police team conducting raid at a hideout of farmers’ union members in Jeobala village, was killed at the wee hours of March 7, police said adding that when the team including the ASI reached the spot, they were held hostage by agitating farmers.
The farmers, however, had alleged that the ASI was drunk and panicked after seeing a huge gathering. They also claimed that the ASI ran away from the spot and later suffered a heart attack.
Badal, during his meeting with the delegation of Punjab Kisan Sangrash Committee led by its state president Satnam Singh Pannu, asked the state DGP to examine all cases wherein several representatives of union participated in statewide rail and road blockades in support of their agitation sympathetically, and where there was no third party or any individual was involved as complainant.
Besides, he also directed the Chief Secretary to review all those decisions, which were in- principally agreed in the meeting held with Union
representative on December 18, 2011, under his chairmanship and these must be implemented immediately in the right earnest.
Badal also asked his Principal Secretary to ensure release of Rs five lakh as compensation payment each to the next of the kin of the two left out farmers immediately who died in such agitations.
On the issue of giving compensation to the left out families of farmers or laborers who committed suicides, he assured that the State Government would also extend the same quantum of relief at the rate of `two lakh to the next of kin of the deceased on the basis of Committee’s verification report.
The Committee comprises Deputy Commissioner, SSP and Chief Agriculture Officer of the concerned district.
The Chief Minister also directed the Financial Commissioner Development to work out all the modalities to bring a legislation to abolish money lending in the State to safeguard the interests of the farming community in the larger public interest.