Over 80 police personnel have been injured in the clashes (Representational)
New Delhi:
Thousands of protesting farmers who today blocked several arterial roads as they entered the national capital on their tractors to press for their demand for repealing the three central agriculture laws, have started to return to the protest sites at Delhi borders. The traffic on several of these roads that had become battlegrounds between the police and protesters is running smoothly, police informed on Twitter.
Traffic movement is now normal from Mukarba Chowk to Singhu border, the Delhi Police tweeted. The police today lathi-charged protesters at Mukarba Chowk to disperse them.
Delhi turns battleground as protesting farmers clash with police at different places PTI
New Delhi: Protesting farmers clashed with police at several places in the national capital. The protesting farmers also entered the iconic Red Fort and ITO in the heart of the city Tuesday. The situation happened after hundreds of them deviated from pre-decided routes. Their moves prompted security personnel to resort to lathicharge and tear gas.
Chaotic scenes were witnessed at ITO. Hundreds of protesters could be seen chasing police personnel with sticks. They also rammed their tractors into the buses parked by police. At the ITO, a bus was vandalised by angry farmers.
Chaos reigns republic, day filled with farmer-police clashes in Delhi | 10 points
Chaos reigns republic, day filled with farmer-police clashes in Delhi | 10 points
The farmers tractor march in New Delhi on Republic Day took a violent turn as some of them broke through police barricades and entered the national capital, resulting in violent clashes with the cops.
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UPDATED: January 27, 2021 02:28 IST
Protesters climb a flagpole at the ramparts of the Red Fort as farmers continue to demonstrate against the central government s recent agricultural reforms in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)
The farmers tractor rally on Republic Day in New Delhi that was meant to be peaceful and a platform to express their demands, took a violent turn as a section of protesters broke through police barricades and entered parts of the national capital not permitted for their protest. The path taken by this section reportedly deviated from the route that farmers unions had agreed upo
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Farmers rally today quickly turned violent as protesters broke the pre-decided regulations, attacked police personnel (Source: @mistryofficial /Twitter)
The farmersâ tractor rally scheduled for today took a violent turn as the protesters refused to adhere to the regulations of the police. The mob stormed the Red Fort after breaking through barricades at different border points in Delhi.
Video footages showed protesters attacking the police personnel with lathis and swords in hands. They were also seen ramming their tractors in the buses parked by police in the ITO area of the Capital.
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Police fires teargas shells as farmers attempt to march towards Delhi during the Kisan Gantantra Parade , amid the 72nd Republic Day celebrations, at Akshardham in New Delhi, Tuesday. (PTI)
Some farmers, during the tractor rally, entered the Red Fort on Tuesday, while others clashed with the police at ITO. One farmer died after his tractor overturned, police said, adding that many of its personnel were injured in the clashes.