35-year-old man murdered brutally and tied to barricade at Sindhu border

New Delhi: A 35-year-old man was brutally murdered at the Singhu border outside Delhi. His body was found hanging from a barricade near the main stage of protesting farmers on Friday morning, with a chopped-off hand.

The incident has already caused a huge outrage among the farmers who were initially not allowing the police to visit. However, officials of the Kundli police station were later allowed to take the body to the nearby civil hospital.

“At about 5 am today [Friday], a body was found hanging with hands, legs chopped at the spot where farmers’ protest is underway [Kundli, Sonipat],” said DSP Hansraj as quoted by news agency ANI.

Adding that an FIR in connection with the murder has been registered against unknown persons, he said, “No information on who’s responsible. Viral video is a matter of probe, rumours will linger.”

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has distanced itself from the entire incident and said that it was ready to cooperate with the Haryana government for action against culprits.

SKM has also alleged that Nihangs murdered the 35-year-old whose one hand was cut from his wrist.

“Nihaangs behind the incident. They have accepted it. Nihaangs have been causing trouble to us from the beginning,” SKM leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said.

Another video shows the man’s body strung upside down with a rope – his left hand covered in blood – and a pool of blood on the floor.

Reports say the Nihangs beat the young man – who has yet to be identified – to death for allegedly desecrating the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikhs’ holy book.

They reportedly beat him to death, hung the body on the police barricade and then cut off the wrist. (Agencies)