Haryana police arrests farmer activist Navdeep Singh Jalbera ahead of farmers' gathering

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Ambala: Farmer activist Navdeep Singh Jalbera has been arrested by the Haryana Police in connection with an FIR registered during the farmers Delhi Chalo protest last month...

The development comes ahead of a gathering convened by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mukti Morcha (KMM) on Sunday to pay homage to Shubhkaran Singh (21), a farmer from Punjabs Bathinda who was killed in a clash with police at the Punjab-Haryana border on February 21...

The Ambala Police arrested Jalbera from Mohali on Thursday...

Police said Jalbera was arrested in connection with a case registered here on February 13 under various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 307 (attempt to murder) and for assault on police personnel...

In 2020, thousands of farmers marched towards Delhi and held an agitation at the capitals Singhu and Tikri border points for months despite heavy police barricading...