Why police turned a blind eye to mischief makers

Friday: 29th January 2021 at 3:21 PM

Medical Team questioned on Red Fort Incident

After Return from Delhi Borders: 29th January 2021: (Punjab Screen Bureau)::

We the doctors and paramedical staff Have been organizing  medical Camps at Tikri and Singhu borders on behalf of Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD).  Our medical teams marched along with the tractors. We are pained at the events that occurred on 26th January when a few unscrupulous elements hoisted flag at Red Forte. This situation arose when police created hurdles on agreed route & looked other way around to facilitate prohibited route.  since we were present there throughout we are eye witness to affirm that such hooliganism was done by a miniscule number of people and it could have been very well prevented if the police had been little cautious. Moreover being Republic day police outnumbered hooligans. It is anybody's guess why police turned a blind eye to mischief makers. Thousands of tractors took out the march peacefully at the stipulated route. The march was so peaceful that not a single glass pane was broken, not a car was overturned, nor any bus burnt, nor any damage to any public property was caused by the people who marched on the tractors. Locals showered flower petals & served langar on the way. It is difficult to comprehend how these unscrupulous elements  could reach Red Forte which is nearly 20 Kilo meters away from the Singhu border. This smacks of some deep rooted conspiracy behind it. However during the tractor march we treated several  farmers who were injured seriously by the Lathi charge or tear gas shells by the police. Hands of two people were badly damaged which  they may never get  back to completely normal state. One patients was overrun by the vehicle. Three patients sustained fractures. There were many with minor injuries . It is sad to know that a medical team led by Dr Swaiman was attacked by the police at a time when they were giving medical aid to the injured including the policemen. Similarly at Singhu Ambulance was smashed & Dr Balbir Singh pushed aside when he was attending an injured farmer. As medical personnel we feel that   people are already sitting there for over two months now and have developed several medical problems which are likely to get aggravated in the coming time. Therefore whereas we appeal to the protesters to be calm and cautious we appeal to the government to repeal these laws in ongoing budget session, restore peace & tranquility to create congenial atmosphere for dialogue & discussion. Democratic Govt is duty bound to consult farmers, State Govts & consumers before framing laws. We hope & pray better sense will prevail. 

Our team members included Dr Arun Mitra, Dr Gagandeep Singh, Dr Balbir Singh, Dr Monika Dhawan, Dr Param Saini, Dr S S Sidhu, Dr Suraj Dhillon, Dr Gurvir Singh, Dr Rajan SIdhu, Kuldip Singh, Anod Kumar, Swaroop Singh, Amninder Singh, staff of the Shaheed Kartar Singh Sarbha Dental Collage and Hospital worked hard during the tractor march to serve the injured.