Martyr’s kin’s protest enters second day, seek action against Punjabi singer

LUDHIANA: The protest by the grandson of the Shaheed Sukhdev, Vishal Nayyar, entered second day as no official from administration turned up to give a hearing to their demand.
He had sat on an indefinite hunger strike at Jagroan bridge on Friday afternoon in protest against no action by the district police on a complaint against Punjabi singer and actor-turned-politician Jassi Jasraj for allegedly making derogatory remarks against the freedom fighter during a video clip which went viral on social media a few days ago.
Vishal said, “Freedom fighters are most reputable part of our freedom fight and Jassi has hurt the sentiments of the family members of Shaheed Sukhdev by making derogatory remarks against the freedom fighter to dilute their image before a generation in a video clip.”
Family members of Shaheed Sukhdev have raised a demand before the district police to take appropriate action for this wrongful act as freedom fighters sacrifice their lives for welfare of the country after fighting the British government during pre-Independence period.”
“We are unhappy with the non cooperative attitude of the district administration as they are not listening to our demand of registering an FIR against the Jassi jasraj who makes derogatory remarks against the freedom fight during a video clip few days ago”.
“For the past two days, I have been getting full support from local society people who provoked me to take this step to counter such issues for future generation”. “I will continue to raise their voice against such persons and will not uplift the hunger strike until local police give us full assurance of adequate action against such persons in society,” said Nayyar.
They said they would continue to raise their voice against this and would not uplift the hunger strike until the local police gave assurance of adequate action against such persons.