Hundreds of locals of Chauke village staged a sit-in and blocked the Bathinda-Chandigarh freeway with the physique of Kabaddi coach Harvinder Singh alias Koch in Bathinda on Thursday. This was happening until the time of scripting this report, with senior cops making an attempt to speak to the protesters to finish the standoff.
An FIR relating to the alleged May 26 conflict registered at Gill Kalan police station mentioned that Harvinder and his buddies had been allegedly attacked by some villagers – recognized as Gurjeet, Gagna, Babbu – He had filed a theft criticism in opposition to Gagna and Babbu. poultry.
However, Harvinder’s household claims that the coach was overwhelmed to dying by ‘drug smugglers’. In the FIR dated 26 May, a case was registered in opposition to Gurjit and his buddies and a few others.
Meanwhile, Bathinda SSP Bhupinderjit Singh Virk mentioned that they’ve registered an FIR of homicide in opposition to six individuals, who had been arrested on Thursday night.
“The Kabaddi coach had alleged on May 26 that Gagna, Babbu and others had stolen chickens from his uncle Makhan Singh’s house. This led to an altercation between Harvinder and his friends with Gurjeet and his friend Babbu and some others. Harvinder alleged that he was attacked with sharp weapons. After this both the parties were called to the police station on 26 May, where they refused to compromise. They were then sent back home as senior police officers were busy in dharna by farmers unions that day, however, by evening the situation escalated and both sides clashed over the issue. Now, some other allegations are being made,” mentioned SSP Virk.
The SSP mentioned, “In the sooner criticism, nobody mentioned something concerning the drug assault angle. We are probing the allegations.”
After the conflict, Harvinder was taken to the Civil Hospital, the place he was admitted alongside along with his buddies Satpal Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Hardeep Singh and others. “His condition worsened two days ago, finally he succumbed on June 9,” Virk mentioned.
Instead of protesting with the physique on the Bathinda-Chandigarh freeway, Koch’s household refused to conduct the autopsy.
“We have already arrested six people on charges of murder and we are talking to Koch’s family to end the protests,” Virk mentioned.
However, Koch’s household alleged that Harvinder had tried to cease some villagers from promoting medicine, as a consequence of which he was overwhelmed up alongside along with his buddies. Baldev Singh of the village confirmed {that a} video of the incident, which reveals Harvinder being attacked, was posted on social media by the accused, which later went viral. The police, nevertheless, categorically denied any drug angle within the case however mentioned that the culprits wouldn’t be spared.
One of the buddies of the coach, Gupreet Singh Kotli, mentioned, “We need the responsible to be punished. Apart from compensation, we additionally need a job for a member of the family. The sole breadwinner of the household has been brutally murdered. He used to coach Kabaddi gamers and he himself used to take part in tournaments.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
