Rakesh Tikait, the 51-year-old Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader from the hinterlands of Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh, has welcomed the support from international artistes and activists, including Rihanna and Greta Thunberg, although admitting he does not know them.
On Friday, the Delhi Police also issued an appeal in leading newspapers asking people to share any
evidence or information about the violence. He said that investigators are also analysing footage and photos taken from drone-mounted cameras and carrying out 3D mapping of the area vandalised at the Red Fort.
A team of forensic experts had also visited the Red Fort to collect samples. Delhi witnessed violence during the January 26 tractor rally organised by protesting farmer unions to highlight their demand for the repeal of the
Many of the protesters, driving tractors, reached the Red Fort while some of them hoisted religious flags on its domes and the flagstaff at the ramparts, where the national flag is unfurled by the prime minister on Independence Day.
Responding to a question on ongoing farmers' protests in India, the State Department said the US encourages that any differences between the parties be resolved through dialogue. "We recognise that peaceful protests are a hallmark of any thriving democracy and note that the Indian Supreme Court has stated the same," the State Department spokesperson said.
Ahead of the proposed ‘Bharat Bandh’ on February 6, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has warned that the farmers protesting against the Centre’s farm laws will hold a massive tractor rally if the government does not concede to their key demands by October. “We have given the government time till October. If they do not listen to us, we will go on a pan-country tractor rally of 40 lakh tractors,” Rakesh Tikait, BKU leader, said.
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Delhi Police has intensified its probe into tractor rally violence on Jan 26
It has also launched a massive hunt for 12 rioters identified with the help of the forensic team
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has intensified its ongoing investigation into the violence and the mayhem unleashed during the farmers’ tractor rally on January 26 and launched a massive search for 12 rioters identified by it. According to the reports, the police have started identifying the rioters who were mainly responsible for the violence on January 26 in the name of farmers’ tractor parade.
The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police, which is investigating the case, has begun taking the help of the forensic team to identify the rioters being held responsible for the violence in the