Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal addresses a press conference at Singhu border (Image: PTI) 
National

Victim’s family seeks high-level probe

The family of Lakhbir Singh, a Dalit farm laborer brutally killed by members of a Sikh sect for alleged sacrilege, said on Saturday he was a god-fearing man who would never think of desecrating a holy book and demanded a high-level probe to bring out the truth.

migrator

Tarn Taran

His wife Jaspreet Kaur and three daughters aged 12, 11, and eight years are residing in Cheema Kalan, around 50 km away from Amritsar. The family was barely managing two square meals a day when Lakhbir was alive and would work in the village fields or in the grain market of Tarn Taran district for his livelihood.

Visit news.dtnext.in to explore our interactive epaper!

Download the DT Next app for more exciting features!

Click here for iOS

Click here for Android

Also Read

NDA re-entry row: No denial or acceptance, TTV Dhinakaran buys time

Edappadi's 3 poll promises to cost over Rs 38,000 cr annually

LoP pasting AIADMK stickers on our flagship schemes, flays Regupathy

Murugan flays DMK's illusions, yet backs EPS's welfare splurge

PM Modi lauds Namakkal youth for reflections on Kashi Tamil Sangamam