BJP leader booked for farmer’s death during protest against Preneet Kaur

Chandigarh: A case under section 304 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against Harwinder Singh Harpalpur, a supporter of BJP candidate from Patiala, in connection with the death of farmer leader Surinderpal Singh Akdi during a protest by farmers at Sehra village in Ghanaur constituency during the election programme of BJP candidate from Patiala Preneet Kaur for the Lok Sabha elections.

This section is imposed when a person causes the death of someone but it is not considered an incident of murder.

Since this section is non-bailable, the accused has to go to jail and during this time if found guilty, the punishment can be up to ten years. A case has been registered at Police Station Kheri Gandaon on the statements of Resham Singh, nephew of the deceased farmer.

According to the information, when BJP leader Preneet Kaur reached Sehra village on Saturday, the farmers surrounded her vehicle.

During this time, when he started going to the venue on foot, the protesting farmers surrounded him in front.