The joint press conference comes after farmer unions met the Haryana government representatives on Friday at the mini secretariat in Karnal.
New Delhi: The Karnal administration and farmer leaders held a joint press conference on Saturday where they announced an end to the protest being held against the recent lathi charge.
"Following a meeting between government officials and farm leaders, Haryana government orders a probe on the August 28 Bastara toll incident," Additional Chief Secretary Devender Singh said, as quoted by news agency ANI.
The Additional Chief Secretary informed that the probe will be conducted by a retired High Court judge and will be completed in a month.
Former SDM Ayush Sinha will be on leave, he informed.
Additionally, it was announced that two family members of deceased farmer Satish Kajal will be compensated with jobs at DC rate on sanctioned posts.
This comes after farmer unions met the Haryana government representatives on Friday at the mini secretariat in Karnal.
Additional Chief Secretary Devendra Singh and Deputy Commissioner of Karnal Nishant Yadav participated in the meeting on Friday evening. The farmers' side was represented by Chaduni and other state leaders, news agency IANS reported.
The farmers are sitting on dharna outside the mini secretariat in Karnal for the last four days over the recent lathi-charge incident. They seek action against IAS officer Ayush Sinha, the then Karnal SDM who was caught on camera allegedly telling policemen to hit the farmers on their heads if they crossed the line during their protest on August 28.
The agitating farmers were also seeking Rs 25 lakh compensation and a government job for kin of the farmer who died in the incident, and Rs 2 lakh compensation each for the injured persons.
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