During the protest, several farmers brought their cattle, underlining their opposition to what they described as government interference in a cooperative institution.
Senior leader of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), one of Punjab’s largest farmer organisations Jhanda Singh Jethuke said that the body be handed over to the family without delay.
The protesters are demanding a minimum support price for sugar, fair and remunerative price for sugarcane and implementation of the Swaminathan report.
Senior counsel PP Hegde submitted that the residents are being denied their rights under Article 19(1)(d) and Article 21 in view of the protests in the residential area.
