A truck driver from ਪੰਜਾਬ climbed a 250-foot-high mobile tower in Kot Kapura in Faridkot ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ to protest against the new penal provisions regarding hit-and-run cases in the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) law, which replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code.
The driver, Kulwinder Singh, had consumed alcohol before climbing the tower on Tuesday, Kot Kapura Deputy Superintendent of ਪੁਲਿਸ Shamsher Singh Gill told ਭਾਰਤ ਅੱਜ TV.
The incident comes just days after the nationwide protests against the new hit-and-run law by truck drivers.
“Even after many persuasions from the locals and ਪੁਲਿਸ personnel, he refused to come down and shouted from the top of the tower that the new law should be withdrawn,” Gill said.
Singh climbed down from the tower later in the evening. “The new hit-and-run law of the ਸਰਕਾਰ should be withdrawn. We are very poor and cannot afford to pay Rs 10 lakh,” Singh told riyasat ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ.
The DSP said Singh was sent for a medical check-up as he had been on top of the tower amid a cold wave since early morning.
Truck, bus and tanker drivers launched a massive nationwide protest on January 2 against the strict jail and fine penalties under the law for hit-and-run cases.
Singh climbed down from the tower later in the evening. “The new hit-and-run law of the ਸਰਕਾਰ should be withdrawn. We are very poor and cannot afford to pay Rs 10 lakh,” Singh told ਭਾਰਤ ਅੱਜ TV.
The DSP said Singh was sent for a medical check-up as he had been on top of the tower amid a cold wave since early morning.
Truck, bus and tanker drivers launched a massive nationwide protest on January 2 against the strict jail and fine penalties under the law for hit-and-run cases.
