Delhi Police arrests five more for violence during Republic Day tractor parade
The Delhi Police has arrested five more people in connection with the violence that took place on Republic Day at Burari.
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has arrested five more people in connection with the violence that took place on Republic Day at Burari, officials said.
Surjeet alias Deepu (26), Satveer Singh alias Sachin (32), Sandeep Singh (30), Devender Singh (35) and Ravi Kumar (24) were arrested, they said.
According to police, three of them were from Nehru Vihar and two from Rohini.
Actor-activist Deep Sidhu, who was a prominent player behind the violence at the Red Fort, was arrested by police on Monday night.
Chakka Jam Ends, Farmers Block Roads in Several Parts of the Country
Around 50 people were detained near Shaheedi Park in central Delhi on Saturday for allegedly holding a protest in support of the chakka jam.
Farmers block a road at Singhu border during their chakka jam near New Delhi, February 6, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Chandigarh/New Delhi: Farmers protesting against the Centre’s new agriculture laws and other issues blocked roads at several places in the country, including in Punjab and Haryana between 12 noon and 3 pm on Saturday in response to the call given by the farmers’ unions for a nationwide ‘chakka jam’.
Unable to attend classes, transfer money, villagers living near Singhu say they re collateral damage
Villagers living near Delhi s Singhu border say they have no issues with the farmers agitation but internet shutdowns and police barricading have made life very difficult for them.
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UPDATED: February 4, 2021 06:57 IST
Barbed wires and barricades put across a road at Delhi s Singhu border to prevent protesting farmers from entering the national capital photographed on February 3, 2021 (Photo Credits: PTI)
Even as several men claiming to be locals clashed with protesting farmers at Singhu border just a few days ago, residents of villages in the vicinity of the Delhi-Haryana border do not have any issues with the agitation, except for huge traffic snarls and internet shutdown.