More than 80 police personnel were injured in clashes with farmers who stormed the national Capital to hold a tractor rally on Tuesday, re...
More than 80 police personnel were injured in clashes with farmers who stormed the national Capital to hold a tractor rally on Tuesday, reported NDTV. The police have registered four first information reports in the incident.
The injured police officials have been admitted to several hospitals. The Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital admitted 38 police personnel, the Civil Line hospital 11, the Aruna Asif Hospital eight and the Tirath Ram Shah Hospital and the Lady Hardinge four each. Police officials were admitted to Maharaja Aggarsen hospital, Tarak Hospital, Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital and Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute.
Earlier in the day, the farmers, who are protesting against the Centre’s farm laws, and the police clashed at several points, including ITO and the Red Fort, where farmers scaled the building to raise Sikh flags. The police claimed that the farmers broke through barricades, fought them and overturned vehicles and did not stick to the pre-decided route for the rally.
“The farmers began tractor rally before the scheduled time,” said Eish Singhal, the public relation officer of the Delhi Police, according to the Hindustan Times. “They also resorted to violence and vandalism. We followed all conditions as promised and did our due diligence but the protest led to extensive damage to public property.”...
