Senior Punjab Prisons Official Quits In Support Of Protesting Farmers | Read

Punjab Deputy Inspector General for Prisons, Lakhminder Singh Jakhar, today said he has resigned from service in support of farmers protesting against three new farm laws introduced by the central government. "He (Mr Jakhar) submitted his resignation on Saturday, but it is yet to be accepted," PK Sinha, ADGP Prisons of Punjab Police, told NDTV. "He hails from a landlord family of the Abohar area of Fazilka district in Punjab."