Haryana BKU president Gurnam Singh said the “tests were being conducted in violation of the rules’’. “We had informed the company representative prior to the incident. They did not turn up at the field to counter our objection,’’ he said. Shyam Lal, the sarpanch of village Hewatpur where the trials were being conducted, backed the BKU. “The company kept us in the dark. They said they were to do field tests for a hybrid variety,’’ Shyam Lal said.