Farmers protest | FIR against 2,200 for involvement in Republic Day violence near Faridabad, no arrests yet
The FIR has been registered against 2,000 to 2,200 people moving on 350 to 400 tractors, who became violent with police officers, broke barricades and containers, and blocked the National Highway between 11.30 am and 12 pm near Softa village in Gadpuri, police said. January 27, 2021 / 05:11 PM IST
Delhi Farmers Protest: Police use tear gas and lathi charge tractor rally on January 26 (Image Source: Twitter/Abhijeet Dipke (AAP)
A day after the tractor parade by farmers protesting against the recently passed three agriculture reform laws turned violent on January 26, an FIR has been filed against more than 2,000 persons over involvement in the incident.
Farmer s death at tractor rally was not due to gunshot, says UP Police
The farmer died in Delhi after the tractor he was driving overturned at ITO. The protesters, however, alleged that the police had fired at him while he was chasing them. January 27, 2021 / 06:05 PM IST
Police used tear gas to disperse farmers who marched to the capital during India s Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. (Image: AP)
The farmer who died after the tractor rally turned violent in New Delhi on January 26 was not shot, clarified the Assistant Director General (ADG) Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Police, on January 27. The post mortem report clarifies that he (farmer who died during the tractor rally in Delhi yesterday) was not shot. He succumbed to the antemortem injuries which he received after his tractor turned turtle as seen in the viral video, says Avinash Chandra, ADG Bareilly in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh.