Punjab University students write to CJI on use of tear gas, water cannons on peaceful protesters
Students of Punjab University have written to the Chief Justice of India to direct an inquiry into the “illegitimate” use of water cannons, tear gas and lathis by the Haryana Police against protesting farmers.
In an open letter to the CJI, students said an “obstinate and callous” government has resorted to violence against farmers journeying to the national capital borders to support the peaceful protests against the farm laws.
“After more than two months of peaceful protests in their home States, served with incompatible gestures of Government of India, farmers (felt marooned) decided to approach to the National Capital Delhi. The peaceful protestors (farmers) were thrashed and walloped. It seems raising voice for the fundamental rights, as provided by the Supreme Law of the Nation is a dreadful crime (which it is not),” they wrote.
‘Very disturbed’
As students who…