The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) legal team on Friday visited Tihar jail wherein 112 farmers are lodged. The legal team of SKM comprising of Prem Singh Bhangu, Raminder Patiala, Kiranjeet Sekhon, Inderjeet Singh, Harpal Singh and Vikas met Ranjit Singh, a farmer from Kajampur village in Punjab and Ranjit Singh of Moga district and enquired about their problems.
According to SKM, the panel was told that all farmers in jail are hail and hearty and have no problem.
"They were told that SKM legal panel along with Delhi lawyers panel is persuing their bail applications. 10 farmers have been granted bail so far and five bail application have been filed. Priority is being given to the farmers who are not booked under section 307 IPC or other serious offences. Legal panel has decided to provide monetary help to each farmar in Jail which will be deposited in their accounts by monday. Regarding the meeting of parents with them SKM has issued a link of prisons on Ekta Morcha IT Cell," stated SKM 8n a statement issued on Saturday.
"It is also informed that now 16 persons are missing that is 9 from Haryana, 1 from Rajasthan and 6 from Punjab for whom active efforts are being made. SKM legal panel has strongly condemned the Delhi Govt and police for issuing notice under section 160 CRPC to the farmers in order to rope them into false cases," they stated.
"Farmers are informed not to be present before the police. They should immediatly inform SKM leadership or the legal panel for further course of action. SKM legal panel had also talked to Raghav Chadda, Cabinet Minister of Delhi Government asking that farmers lodged in different jails be consolidated in to single jail,legal panel be allowed to meet farmers without any restrictions and the
monetary help being given by SKM to farmers be disbursed easily.He has assured to do the needful as earliest," stated the SKM.