Tensions flared up in Jammu on Tuesday after Delhi police arrested a prominent farm leader and a protester against the farm laws in the Union Territory.
Hundreds took to the streets in protest against the arrests. They blocked the Jammu-Pathankot national highway for hours, resulting in massive traffic snarls, and raised anti-government slogans.
Police sources said Jammu and Kashmir United Kisan Front chairman Mohinder Singh Khalsa was summoned on Monday evening by local police, who later handed him over to Delhi police in connection with the Republic Day chaos in the national capital. Another alleged protester, Mandeep Singh, also a resident of Jammu, was picked up separately.
Farmer leader among 2 arrested from Jammu in Red Fort violence case
Farmer leader among 2 arrested from Jammu in Red Fort violence case
Delhi Police have arrested a farmer leader and a 23-year-old from Jammu in the Red Fort violence case. The two were active participants and key conspirators in violence at Red Fort on Republic Day.
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UPDATED: February 23, 2021 10:11 IST
J&K United Kisan Front Chairman Mohinder Singh (right) and Mandeep Singh were arrested from Jammu in connection with the January 26 violence on Monday. (India Today photo)
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested two more persons, including a farmer leader, for their alleged involvement in the violence at Red Fort during farmers’ tractor rally against the farm laws in Delhi on Republic Day.
Uniindia: Jammu, Feb 23 (UNI) A team of Delhi Police in assistance with Jammu Police have arrested one farmer leader among two persons for their alleged involvement in Red Fort violence incident of January 26 tractor parade, police sources here said on Tuesday.