[REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of security forces during an anti-Naxal operation (Photo Credits: PTI)
The Chhattisgarh Police will submit a report on the Bijapur encounter to Union Home Ministry on Monday.
The report will be submitted first to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel before being sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs. No request has been made for the NIA probe as of now.
In the encounter with Naxals in Bijapur,
22 jawans were killed and 31 sustained injuries on Saturday. Security forces have launched an operation along the Sukma-Bijapur border, where an intense face-off resulted in the deaths of 22 jawans. One soldier is still believed to be missing. His body is suspected to be in foliage and the search operation will resume tomorrow.
Misleading, distorted : MHA slams linking its letter on human trafficking to farmers stir
The ministry said a section of media has erroneously reported that the ministry has written the letter to Punjab levelling grave charges against the farmers of the state.
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Farmers during their protest against the new farm laws at Ghazipur Border in New Delhi. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS) By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry on Saturday termed as distorted and misleading media reports linking its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 bonded labourers rescued in the state to the farmers agitation and said no motive should be ascribed to a routine communication over law and order issues.
The Union Home Ministry on Saturday termed as distorted and misleading media reports linking its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 bonded labourers rescued in the state to the farmers agitation and said no motive should be ascribed to a routine communication over law and order issues. The ministry said a section of media has erroneously reported that the ministry has written the letter to Punjab levelling grave charges against the farmers of the state. These news reports are misleading and present a distorted and highly editorialised opinion of a simple observation about a socioeconomic problem emerging from four sensitive border districts of Punjab over a period of two years, which has been brought to the attention of this ministry by the concerned Central Armed Police Force, the home ministry said in a statement.
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Farmers during protest against farm laws.
The Union Home Ministry on Saturday termed as distorted and misleading media reports linking its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 âbonded labourersâ rescued in the state to the farmers agitation and said no motive should be ascribed to a routine communication over law and order issues.
The ministry said a section of media has erroneously reported that the ministry has written the letter to Punjab levelling âgrave chargesâ against the farmers of the state.
âThese news reports are misleading and present a distorted and highly editorialised opinion of a simple observation about a socioeconomic problem emerging from four sensitive border districts of Punjab over a period of two years, which has been brought to the attention of this ministry by the concerned Central Armed Police Force,â the home ministry said in a statement.
Home Ministry slams linking its letter on human trafficking to ‘unrelated’ issue of farmers’ stir
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The Ministry said a section of media has erroneously reported that the ministry has written the letter to Punjab levelling “grave charges” against the farmers of the State.
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The Home ministry said the BSF has informed that these labourers were apprehended from the border areas of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Ferozepur and Abohar in Punjab in 2019 and 2020.
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The Ministry said a section of media has erroneously reported that the ministry has written the letter to Punjab levelling “grave charges” against the farmers of the State.