Highlights
Police use tear gas shells, water cannons to disperse farmers from venue.
Heavy police deployment observed in Kaimla village.
KARNAL: Haryana Police on Sunday (January 10) cracked down on farmers protesting against central farm laws at a toll plaza near Karnal ahead of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar s visit to home constituency. Police used water cannons and lobbed tear gas shells at farmers who attempted to march towards Kaimla. The venue at Karnal, where Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar was to hold a panchayat was reportedly vandalised by farmers who broke through the police cordon. Farmers stormed the barricades set up at Kaimla to oppose the Kisan Mahapanchayat event by the Chief Minister, which was aimed at highlighting the benefits of the three central farm laws.