Chandigarh,
October 10,2013(Gurpreet Singh Nibber)-Four Sikh farmers injured by 30 armed
men on Tuesday at Loria village near Bhuj city in Gujarat’s Kutch district have
named Anjar’s BJP legislator Vasanbhai Ahir as perpetrator.In a formal
complaint to Bhuj police, they have named the member of Gujarat legislative
assembly (MLA) and his supporters. Sensing trouble, their families had even
alarmed police and the district administration five days ago. The issue, in the
allegation of Amandeep Singh (37) of Faridkot district originally, is about 500
acres at Loria, 20 kilometres from Bhuj, which he says was usurped and registered
wrongfully in the names of other villagers.
“On
October 3, a group from Loria questioned our ownership of the land. We showed
them the papers, and after satisfying them, started sowing rindi (oil seeds),”
said Amandeep over telephone, adding: “We saw them passing by our farm on
subsequent days, and on Tuesday they came in a group to attack us, and
threatened to kill us after firing several gunshots.”
Along
with Amandeep, his relatives Jaswinder Singh (42), Angrez Singh (21), and
Harpeet Singh (25) were also injured in the attack. An axe blow broke
Jaswinder’s thigh bone. All four are admitted to the Bhuj Civil Hospital. The
attackers also demolished a room on the farmland. All attempts to contact the
Anjar legislator were futile.
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October 4, Sikh farmers from Loria had approached Bhuj collector Harshad Patel
and the deputy superintendent of police. “We got assurances but no help,” said
Amandeep. His grandfather, Ganga Singh, and other 22 relatives were allotted
the 500 acres in 1964.
“Our
families worked hard to make the land fertile. When it has become profitable,
politicians want to usurp it,” said Surinder Singh Bhullar, one of the Sikh
farmers to move the Supreme Court.
Nearly
1,000 Sikh families moved the Supreme Court after the Gujarat government froze
their land rights in 2010. The Sikhs won the case in the Gujarat high court,
after which the Gujarat government filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the
apex court.
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