पंजाब में अमृतसर-बठिंडा हाईवे आज भी बंद: बहबल कलां इंसाफ मोर्चा ने जमाए सड़क पर डेरे,आप सरकार प्रति रोष व्यापत

People sitting on dharna

Family members of 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing victims along with Sikh organizations have blocked the Bathinda-Amritsar National Highway indefinitely since Sunday to protest against the slow pace of investigation and delay in court action in the sacrilege and police firing cases.

Gurjit Singh of Sarawan village and Krishna Bhagwan Singh of Niyamiwala village in Faridkot district were shot dead on October 14, 2015, when they, along with others, were protesting against sacrilege incidents at Bargari and Burj Jawahar Singh Wala .

Tight security arrangements on the highway.

The protesters accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of not fulfilling its promise to punish the perpetrators of police firing within the given time frame. More than 400 days after launching an indefinite “Bedbi Insaaf Morcha” at the site of police firing, protesters once again blocked the highway (NH 54) by erecting tents and starting ‘Shri Akhand Path’.

The officers spoke, the picketers are not agreeing
Despite several attempts by the district administration, the protesters refused to remove the blockade. However, no AAP leader has reached the protest site yet. Following the blockade, the police have diverted the traffic from Bajakhana towards Kotkapura via Jeeto town. Commuters faced inconvenience due to heavy traffic in the congested streets of Jeeto town.

Street protesters set up tents.

Earlier announcement was made to close the highway till February
The Insaaf Morcha had already announced the closure of NH-54 from February 4, giving the state government a deadline till then to get the accused punished in these cases. Sukhraj Singh, son of late Krishna Bhagwan, has been sitting on a dharna for justice for more than 400 days at Behbal Kalan bus stop. He started the “Behbal Insaf Morcha” on December 16, 2021.

According to the family, no one from the government has come to meet us, only the district administration officials had made a personal request. Insaaf Morcha will continue at Behbal Kala event site and we will not picket till the deadline is announced by the government.

Bullets were fired on a peaceful demonstration
People taking part in the demonstration say that a peaceful demonstration was taking place in Behbal Kalan against the sacrilege of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Despite this, the police opened fire. In which one person died. 7 years have passed, but they haven’t got justice yet. The police have accused some other police officers, including the former DGP, in this case, but so far no concrete action has been taken against anyone.