Red Fort violence | Delhi Police release photos of 20 more people
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Earlier, police had released 200 photographs of people in connection with the Red Fort violence.
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Earlier, police had released 200 photographs of people in connection with the Red Fort violence.
The Delhi Police on Saturday released the photographs of 20 people who were allegedly involved in the violence that broke out at the Red Fort on Republic Day during the farmers’ tractor parade, officials said.
Police said they are scanning the videos and releasing the pictures of people from them.
“We have released the pictures and the process of identification (of the people) has been started,” a senior police officer said.
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File photo of police using tear gas to disperse farmers attempting to break barricades at Ghazipur border. (PTI)
Accused Sukhdev Singh was arrested from Chandigarh. Police had earlier announced an award of Rs 50,000 on his arrest.
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The crime branch of the Delhi Police on Sunday arrested one Sukhdev Singh, who is an accused in violence that was unleashed in the National Capital on Republic Day during a tractor parade organised by farmer unions protesting against the three newly enacted agri sector laws. Singh was arrested from Chandigarh. Police had earlier announced an award of Rs 50,000 on his arrest. According to police, he was leading the mob at the Red Fort.
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The Delhi Police on Saturday filed a case against Tharoor, senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, The Caravan and others for allegedly misleading public regarding the death of a protester at ITO. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor | Photo Credit: PTI
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The seven people have already been facing sedition case in four other states
On January 26, Delhi witnessed violent face-offs between farmers protesting against farm laws and police
New Delhi: Five states have now filed FIRs against Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists over tweets on farmers’ tractor day parade violence, with Delhi being the latest one to take police action against them.
Delhi violence turns agri woes into law and order issue; distracts from real grievances of farmers This isn t the first time in recent history that a citizen-initiated movement has had to face a credibility crisis after a bout of violence. The anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in February 2020 faced a similar predicament when riots broke out in Delhi FP Staff January 29, 2021 06:09:34 IST Representational image. AP
On Tuesday, the Republic Day tractor parade, which was meant to highlight the demands of the farmer unions, devolved into chaos on the streets of Delhi. Tens of thousands of protesters broke through barriers, fought with police, overturned vehicles and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort=.
The Action of Dissident Factions Can t Be Used to Discredit an Otherwise Peaceful Protest
It would be a folly for the government to weaponise the actions of dissidents in an attempt to weaken the influence of the movement.
Farmers listen to their leaders speech during their ongoing protest at Tikri border, a day after the farmers tractor rally, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Photo: PTI/ Kamal Kishore
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It is perhaps in the nature of the media that the breakdown of normality attracts more attention that regular events.
Natural disasters, social breakdowns, political coups, mass violence and pandemic deaths are ânewsierâ events than slow-moving social changes or scientific advances â even if they are of enormous long-term significance. This is how the different faces of the farmersâ protest march in Delhi on January 26 were captured on TV screens the world over.