Congress leaders meet Amit Shah to discuss missing of youths during farmers' tractor rally

 

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari, and Punjab ministers Sukhjinder Randhawa and Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria yesterday met Home Minister Amit Shah in the Parliament House to trace the whereabouts of people "missing" since January 26 in the national capital during farmers' tractor parade.

 

 

The Punjab leaders and MLA Raj Kumar Chhabbewal expressed their concerns over the "missing youths" who were detained by the Delhi Police after the incident.

 

 

The Punjab government later provided details of 120 people from the state who have been arrested by Delhi police in various cases registered during the tractor rally.

 

 

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In order to fight the legal cases of people arrested by the Delhi Police, the Punjab government has formed a team of 40 advocates who have already started their work.

 

 

He said the advocates would meet the arrested persons and their families and fight the legal battle to provide justice to these persons free of cost.

 

 

The ministers said at a press conference that they have also appealed to the central government for taking a "lenient view."

 

 

Shah said that the list of arrested persons has been uploaded on the Home Ministry's website and if the state government provided any other list of missing persons, the central government would leave no stone unturned to find the whereabouts of such persons