Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said the government is ready for a probe into the “entire Karnal episode”, including an IAS officer’s controversial remarks and a police baton-charge on farmers that has triggered a sit-in outside the district headquarters.
The minister made made it clear that “nobody can be hanged without a probe just because someone demands it”.
Farmers have been protesting against a baton-charge on August 28 in which 10 people were injured when police used force to stop them from marching to the venue of a BJP event in Karnal. Their demands centre around the suspension of IAS officer Ayush Sinha, who was caught on tape allegedly telling policemen to “break heads” of farmers if they cross the line during their demonstration last month.
Mr. Sinha was the former SDM of Karnal before being transferred out as part of a larger bureaucratic reshuffle. Farm union leaders have maintained that transfer is not a punishment.
“We are ready for an…
