On 26 January, Navreet Singh - 25, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Rampur, was killed during the tractor parade in Delhi. <br /><br />Eyewitnesses of the incident claimed that he had died of a gunshot. However, Delhi police soon released CCTV footage and said that he had died in an accident when his tractor overturned.<br /><br />The CCTV footage shows a tractor forcefully hitting the police barricading and turning turtle. <br /><br />Navreet's close friends and family, however, dispute this claim. <br /><br />They insist that he was shot. <br /><br />A post mortem was done the next day, and no bullet was mentioned in this report. However, two injuries - one on the left part of his lower jaw and another above his right ear were mentioned. <br /><br />The report concluded, "In my opinion, cause of death is shock and haemorrhage as a result of unknown head injury." <br /><br />But the young farmer's family has refused to accept this and are claiming that he died because of a bullet injury. <br /><br />They say that the two wounds mentioned in the post mortem (stated earlier) are entry and exit points of the bullet. <br /><br />Asked about this, ADG of Police, Bareilly, Avinash Chandra said, "Anything sharp could have hit him." <br /><br />The family alleges that the postmortem report has been made under the pressure of the government. <br /><br />The family have been BJP supporters for many years, but are now enraged as no BJP leader has come to meet them. <br /><br />Navreet's grandfather, Hardeep Singh Dibdiba has also alleged that the doctors who conducted the post mortem had initially assured him that it was indeed a bullet injury, but they couldn't mention it in the report because their hands are "tied." <br /><br />Deputy CMO at Rampur District Hospital, Manoj Shukla has refuted the claims of the family. <br /><br />When The Wire asked whether it was a bullet injury, he said, "The doctors who have written the report will be able to tell." <br /><br />After The Wire's report on this matter, Rampur's District Magistrate had posted a declaration by the three doctors involved in the post mortem.<br /><br />They also said that they have not given statements to the media or any individual on this matter, and they will only give a statement if required by a court. <br /><br />When The Wire reached Navreet Singh's house in Dibdiba village on Saturday, his grandfather had gone to collect the X-ray reports done during the post-mortem. He said upon his return that the hospital administration has refused to share it with the family. <br /><br />Speaking to The Wire, a senior doctor at AIIMS said that the X-ray reports are vital in understanding the cause of Navreet’s death. <br /><br />But the family is yet to get the X-ray copy.<br /><br />On Sunday, when The Wire contacted Navreet's grandfather, he said that the hospital administration has refused to give them the documents once again. <br /><br />The family is now planning to knock the doors of the court.<br /><br />On the other hand, several senior journalists - including The Wire's editor Siddharth Vardarajan and politicians have been booked for tweeting the allegations of the family. <br /><br />The truth lies somewhere between the claims of the family and the administration. Was Navreet shot? Or did he die because of an accident? <br /><br />Only an independent probe based on the X-rays and other evidence can establish what really happened.
