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CHANDIGARH: A\u00a0<\/span>government<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>part\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>team\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>prevent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farm\u00a0<\/span>fires\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>halted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bathinda,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>burn\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>pile\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stubble.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>opening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>farmers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Bhagwant\u00a0<\/span>Mann\u00a0<\/span><\/span>released\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>video\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>X\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(formerly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Twitter)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>denouncing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>farmers’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>actions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incident’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>discovery.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bhagwant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mann,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>incident\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“intolerable”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>gone\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fields\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>persuade\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>burn\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>paddy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>straw,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“mobsters”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>straw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>matchstick.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seen\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>video\u00a0<\/span><\/span>holding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hand\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forcing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>him\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>light\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>stubble\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>matchstick.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Gulneet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Singh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Khurana,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>superintendent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bathinda,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>following\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>incident’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>viral\u00a0<\/span><\/span>social\u00a0<\/span>media\u00a0<\/span><\/span>footage,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>filed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>case\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>farmers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>apprehend\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>farmers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>looking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Showkat\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ahmad\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parray,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>deputy\u00a0<\/span>commissioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bathinda,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Saturday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>written\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>SSP\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>file\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>formal\u00a0<\/span>complaint\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>impeding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ability\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>carry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>duties.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Parray\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>nearby\u00a0<\/span>field\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>set\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>mound\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stubble\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>50\u201360\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farmers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>loyal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>farmers’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>association.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“What\u00a0<\/span><\/span>choice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>did\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mobbed?<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>DC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parray\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>left\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>choice.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I’m\u00a0<\/span><\/span>going\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>too.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We’re\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>going\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>let\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>go.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>put\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawlessness,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>DC.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>burning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paddy\u00a0<\/span>straw\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Haryana\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>primary\u00a0<\/span>cause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concerning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increase\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>air\u00a0<\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>months\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>November.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Based\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Remote\u00a0<\/span>Sensing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Centre,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>12,813\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stubble-burning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incidences\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>documented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Punjab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Punjab officer tries to stop farm fire, farmers make him burn stubble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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CHANDIGARH: A\u00a0government\u00a0official\u00a0who\u00a0was\u00a0part\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0team\u00a0to\u00a0prevent\u00a0farm\u00a0fires\u00a0was\u00a0halted\u00a0by\u00a0some\u00a0farmers\u00a0in\u00a0Bathinda,\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0farmers\u00a0forced\u00a0him\u00a0to\u00a0burn\u00a0a\u00a0pile\u00a0of\u00a0stubble.\u00a0This\u00a0led\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Punjab\u00a0Police\u00a0opening\u00a0a\u00a0case\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0farmers. Chief\u00a0Minister\u00a0Bhagwant\u00a0Mann\u00a0released\u00a0a\u00a0video\u00a0on\u00a0X\u00a0(formerly\u00a0Twitter)\u00a0on\u00a0Friday,\u00a0denouncing\u00a0the\u00a0farmers’\u00a0actions,\u00a0which\u00a0led\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0incident’s\u00a0discovery. According\u00a0to\u00a0Bhagwant\u00a0Mann,\u00a0the\u00a0incident\u00a0was\u00a0“intolerable”\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0government\u00a0official\u00a0had\u00a0gone\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0fields\u00a0to\u00a0persuade\u00a0farmers\u00a0not\u00a0to\u00a0burn\u00a0the\u00a0paddy\u00a0straw,\u00a0but\u00a0the\u00a0“mobsters”\u00a0forced\u00a0him\u00a0to\u00a0light\u00a0the\u00a0straw\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0matchstick. Two\u00a0farmers\u00a0can\u00a0be\u00a0seen\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0video\u00a0holding\u00a0the\u00a0official’s\u00a0hand\u00a0and\u00a0forcing\u00a0him\u00a0to\u00a0light\u00a0his\u00a0stubble\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0matchstick.Gulneet\u00a0Singh\u00a0Khurana,\u00a0the\u00a0senior\u00a0superintendent\u00a0of\u00a0police\u00a0in\u00a0Bathinda,\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0following\u00a0the\u00a0incident’s\u00a0viral\u00a0social\u00a0media\u00a0footage,\u00a0the\u00a0police\u00a0filed\u00a0a\u00a0case\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0farmers. He\u00a0said\u00a0that\u00a0in\u00a0order\u00a0to\u00a0apprehend\u00a0these\u00a0farmers,\u00a0the\u00a0police\u00a0are\u00a0looking\u00a0for\u00a0them. Showkat\u00a0Ahmad\u00a0Parray,\u00a0the\u00a0deputy\u00a0commissioner\u00a0for\u00a0Bathinda,\u00a0stated\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday\u00a0that\u00a0he\u00a0had\u00a0written\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0SSP\u00a0to\u00a0file\u00a0a\u00a0formal\u00a0complaint\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0farmers\u00a0for\u00a0impeding\u00a0the\u00a0official’s\u00a0ability\u00a0to\u00a0carry\u00a0out\u00a0his\u00a0duties. Parray\u00a0claimed\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0official\u00a0was\u00a0taken\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0nearby\u00a0field\u00a0and\u00a0made\u00a0to\u00a0set\u00a0fire\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0mound\u00a0of\u00a0stubble\u00a0by\u00a0a\u00a0group\u00a0of\u00a050\u201360\u00a0farmers\u00a0who\u00a0were\u00a0loyal\u00a0to\u00a0a\u00a0farmers’\u00a0association. “What\u00a0choice\u00a0did\u00a0he\u00a0(the\u00a0official)\u00a0have\u00a0when\u00a0he\u00a0was\u00a0mobbed? DC\u00a0Parray\u00a0said,\u00a0“He\u00a0was\u00a0left\u00a0with\u00a0no\u00a0choice. “I’m\u00a0going\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0village\u00a0personally,\u00a0too. We’re\u00a0not\u00a0going\u00a0to\u00a0let\u00a0it\u00a0go. We\u00a0will\u00a0not\u00a0put\u00a0up\u00a0with\u00a0lawlessness,”\u00a0declared\u00a0the\u00a0DC. The\u00a0burning\u00a0of\u00a0paddy\u00a0straw\u00a0in\u00a0Punjab\u00a0and\u00a0Haryana\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0primary\u00a0cause\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0concerning\u00a0increase\u00a0in\u00a0Delhi’s\u00a0air\u00a0pollution\u00a0during\u00a0the\u00a0months\u00a0of\u00a0October\u00a0and\u00a0November. Based\u00a0on\u00a0data\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Punjab\u00a0Remote\u00a0Sensing\u00a0Centre,\u00a012,813\u00a0stubble-burning\u00a0incidences\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0documented\u00a0in\u00a0Punjab\u00a0as\u00a0of\u00a0Friday.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,89,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-header","category-national","category-political"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\nPunjab officer tries to stop farm fire, farmers make him burn stubble<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/punjab-officer-tries-to-stop-farm-fire-farmers-make-him-burn-stubble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab officer tries to stop farm fire, farmers make him burn stubble\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CHANDIGARH: A\u00a0government\u00a0official\u00a0who\u00a0was\u00a0part\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0team\u00a0to\u00a0prevent\u00a0farm\u00a0fires\u00a0was\u00a0halted\u00a0by\u00a0some\u00a0farmers\u00a0in\u00a0Bathinda,\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0farmers\u00a0forced\u00a0him\u00a0to\u00a0burn\u00a0a\u00a0pile\u00a0of\u00a0stubble.\u00a0This\u00a0led\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Punjab\u00a0Police\u00a0opening\u00a0a\u00a0case\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0farmers. 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