A day after a 21-year-old farm protester from Bathinda district in Punjab was killed in police action at Khanauri border with Haryana, Trinamool Congress (TMC) member of Parliament Saket Gokhale on Thursday wrote to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and sought an investigation.

The Rajya Sabha MP urged the NHRC to send a fact-finding team to Khanauri on the Sangrur-Jind border where Shubh Karan Singh died in police action.

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“I have filed a complaint and sought an urgent investigation by the NHRC into the death due to alleged firing by Haryana Police,” Gokhale said, adding that violence against protesting farmers was unacceptable and must be punished.

The MP urged the NHRC to issue notices to the Haryana director general of police, assistant inspector general, administration, and the Jind district police chief in the matter.

Gokhale posted on X, “The NHRC is active in West Bengal and routinely sends fact-finding teams suo-motu. However, in this case, it is concerning that no such action has been taken. Requesting @India_NHRC to take this up on a war-footing.”