"Action Against 'Break Heads' Officer, But...": Dushyant Chautala To NDTV

Earlier today, Chief Minister Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar said the "choice of words" by the IAS officer was "not correct" but he had to be strict to maintain order.

Hours after Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar appeared to justify an IAS officer's "smash their heads" comment linked to a farmer protest in Karnal on Saturday, his deputy Dushyant Chautala asserted that the officer had been asked for an explanation and could face action. "What he said...the video was seen throughout the country. The wording used by the officer was not up to the mark as far as his oath of office goes," Dushyant Chautala, Deputy Chief Minister and BJP's Haryana ally told NDTV. Sub Divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha's instructions to the police to use force on farmers had been widely circulated and drawn outrage. The anger was even more as the video emerged after 10 people were injured in police action on protesting farmers. "It is very simple and clear, whoever he is, wherever he is from, no one should be allowed to reach there. We will not let this line be breached at any cost. Just pick up your lathi and hit them hard... It's very clear, there is no need for any instruction, just thrash them hard. If I see a single protester here, I want to see his head smashed, crack their heads," Mr Sinha was heard saying in the video.