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Jailed for 16 days, 70-yr-old to rejoin stir

Jailed for 16 days, 70-yr-old to rejoin stir

Jit Singh in Khanauri, Sangrur.

Sangrur, February 14

Sixteen days in the Tihar jail and alleged humiliation at the hands of cops failed to deter 70-year-old ex-serviceman Jit Singh, who was arrested on January 28 from Burari ground in New Delhi.

As he reached his house at Khanauri town on Sunday morning, he announced to rejoin the protest against the farm laws. “On January 28 evening, some protesters, including me, were bundled up in a police vehicle. They did not allow me to even wear my trousers. I was taken to the police station in shorts. Is this the way to treat an ex-serviceman who has protected the nation and that, too, without any fault?” Jit said.

Singh owns one acre of land, while his pension and the meager salary of his son, who works as a private security guard, are the main sources of income of his family. Earlier, he worked as a “granthi” at a gurdwara of Baniyani village in Rohtak (Haryana), the native village of CM Manohar Lal Khattar.

“We have the right to protest peacefully if there is any injustice with us. The three laws will ruin farming and it’s an injustice with all farmers. I will rejoin the protest soon as I have done nothing wrong. Why should I not support my brothers?” Singh, who retired from the Army as lance naik in 1989, said. His brother-in-law Rachpal Singh said the registration of false cases could not prevent farmers from reaching Delhi. — TNS