The family of Navreet Singh who died during thetractor parade on January 26 insists that he didn't die because his tractoroverturned but they claim he was shot dead by the police. The article on theclaims of Navreet's family is written by The Wire and Navreet's grandfatheralso alleges that a bullet hit his grandson in videos on YouTube.
Many farmers and social media posts abound allege thatNavreet was shot dead. Moreover, not only farmers and many people but one IndiaToday's journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, Congress politician Shashi Tharoor hadalso blamed headshot for Navreet's death. Although, everything is stillobscure.
In a video released by Delhi police, Navreet's tractoroverturned but farmers claim that the reason of his death is a head shot andlater on the tractor overturned after he was shot.
Medical officer of the District Hospital, Rampur preparedan autopsy report which states the “cause of death is shock and haemorrhage asa result of ante-mortem head injury”.
Hardeep Singh Dibdiba while speaking to The Wire said,"We were told by the doctor that they have clearly seen the bullet injury,and then we cremated his body peacefully. But we were cheated, as the [postmortem] report that came out did not say that. The doctor even told me thateven though he had seen the bullet injury, he can do nothing as his hands aretied."
In a video available on YouTube, Hardeep Singh Dibdibaalso says that he was at Rajasthan border when the incident happened. He feelsthe family has been cheated because prior to the generation of the report, doctoraccepted the reason of his grandson's death as head shot but later on thereport didn't mention it.
While Uttar Pradesh Police deny all the allegations and believesotherwise. ADG Bareilly Avinash Chandra, while speaking to The Wire said, “Wehad made a panel of senior doctors for the autopsy. We have no reason tosuppress or distort such a document because the matter is of DelhiPolice.”
The family of Navreet also shared a video of Navreet'sdead body that shows a hole near his chin. This they claim makes a strong pointto prove he died due to bullet injury.