Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Scuffle breaks out at Singhu border, police fire tear gas shells

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Farmers Protest: Scuffle breaks out at Singhu border, police fire tear gas shells

Protesting farmers raised 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan' and 'Inquilab Zindabad' slogans at the border early morning on Friday.

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January 29, 2021 08:31 IST
Farmers Protest: Scuffle breaks out at Singhu border, police fire tear gas shells
Farmers Protest: Scuffle breaks out at Singhu border, police fire tear gas shells

New Delhi: A tense situation prevailed at Singhu border after scuffles broke out on Friday between protesting farmers and a group of people claiming to be locals who were demanding that the area be vacated.

Stone-pelting incidents were also reported from the area after which the police had to resort to lathicharge and fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. Police barricades were also reportedly broken.

Some people, claiming to be locals, were seen raising slogans against farmers and asked them to vacate the protest site.

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Delhi Police baton charges and uses tear gas shells to control the situation at Singhu border where farmers are protesting against Farm Laws

Farm laws should be repealed. We protested against the President’s Address & raised slogans in support of farmers. We were not allowed inside the Central Hall, so we raised slogans at its gate. Farmers are being called traitors. So, we boycotted the Address: Sanjay Singh, AAP MP

We will not vacate the spot. We will talk to the Government of India about our issues. I urge the people to remain peaceful: Rakesh Tikait, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson, at Ghazipur border

Farmers staging anti agri law protest at Ghazipur border on Friday said that they do not accept administration notice to vacate the protest site and will not leave until these laws are repealed by the government.

Nineteen people have been arrested so far and over 25 criminal cases registered by Delhi Police in connection with the violence that broke out during the farmers’ tractor march on Tuesday, Police Commissioner (CP) SN Shrivastava had said on Wednesday adding that 394 police personnel sustained injuries in the violence and several of them are still admitted to hospitals.

Several public and private properties were damaged in acts of vandalism by the protestors. A total of 22 FIRs have been filed by the Delhi Police with one of them mentioning the incident at ITO where a farmer died after his tractor overturned.

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