Viral Video: Cop Slaps Woman Farmer Protesting Land Acquisition

In the Gurdaspur district, a police officer recently hit a woman farmer who was opposing the seizure of property for the Bharatmala project along the national highway between Delhi and Katra. A video that appeared on social media following the incident sparked discussions about it.

Social media users shared a video of a police officer slapping a woman farmer in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, which sparked claims that police used physical force against farmers who were protesting the takeover of their land for the Bharatmala project before receiving compensation.

Cop Slaps Woman Farmer Protesting Land Acquisition In Punjab

According to Sarwan Singh Pandher, the president of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Thursday, when farmers were protesting against land acquisition on the Delhi-Katra National Highway, the protesting woman farmer was slapped by a police officer.

He also claimed that the police were using physical force against the farmers, even removing their turbans. He also claimed that women were verbally abused as well. Several farmers were also detained, according to Pandher.

The protesting farmers have now shut down the Ludhiana-Jalandhar and Amritsar-Jalandhar-Jammu railway lines. The farmers' protest on the railway tracks apparently had an impact on the arriving and departing trains between Amritsar and Delhi after 12:30 p.m.

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The farmers are reportedly protesting over the issue of compensation in regard to the purchase of land for the Bharatmala project, according to Gurbachan Singh Chabba, a spokesperson for the KMC. Despite the government acquiring land for the Bharatmala project, he alleged that the farmers were not being fairly compensated. He condemned the government and its police to have forcibly removed farmers from their farmland.