Summary:
Chandigarh, Oct 20 (PTI) The Punjab government on Wednesday constituted a special investigation team to look into a complaint of the sister of a Dalit labourer, who was lynched to death at a farmers" protest site in Singhu, as she alleged that he was "allured" and taken to the Delhi-Haryana border.
The development comes a day after Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa termed the lynching of the Dalit labourer, Lakhbir Singh, a possible conspiracy to defame the farmers" agitation, citing a photograph purportedly of Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar with a Nihang "leader".
Lakhbir Singh was brutally killed last week and his body was tied to a barricade at the Singhu border with a hand chopped off and multiple wounds caused by sharp-edged weapons.
The constitution of the SIT was announced on Wednesday after Lakhbir Singh"s sister Raj Kaur lodged a police complaint, alleging that her brother was "allured" by some unknown people and taken to Singhu border where he was murdered on October 15 on sacrilege charges.
She demanded a probe into the matter.
The directions for the formation of the SIT were given by the deputy chief minister.