There are about 16,000 farmers who have been sitting on dharna at Tikri
New Delhi:
A 25-year-old woman died of COVID-19 at Tikri border, near Bahadurgarh in Haryana where farmers have been agitating against the repeal of the centre s three farm laws for last many months, becoming the first such case at the protest site.
The dead woman has been identified as Ms Momita from West Bengal, said the Haryana government. She complained of fever on April 26; at about 1 pm she was taken to GH Bahadurgarh Hospital but did not get a bed. She was then taken to PGIMS Rohtak but there also hospitals were full so she was admitted to Corona ward of hospital Shivam in Bahadurgarh, a senior district official said.
Farmersâ Rally Called Off: 83 Personnel Injured In Attacks By Protesters; Additional Paramilitary Deployed
by Swarajya Staff - Jan 26, 2021 03:40 PM
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.