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Farmers told to vacate Ghazipur protest site, Sections 133, 144 imposed; RAF, police force deployed

Ghazipur is one of the sites where protests against the central farm laws are going on for nearly two months. This comes after violence broke out in the national capital on January 26 during the farmers' tractor rally.

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January 28, 2021 21:23 IST
Farmers told to vacate Ghazipur protest site, Sections 133, 144 imposed; RAF, police force deployed
Farmers told to vacate Ghazipur protest site, Sections 133, 144 imposed; RAF, police force deployed

New Delhi: The Ghaziabad District Administration has ordered anti-farm laws protestors at Ghazipur (Delhi-Ghaziabad border) to vacate the area by late Thursday evening, official sources said.

The administration said if protestors do not act as per order then they will be forcefully evacuated by night, they added. The police have been deployed at the protest site.

At Ghazipur border, the administration has imposed Section 144 and 133. Barricades have been brought in and a huge police presence is sighted at the site.

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“He is not a member of our organisation. He was taking a stick and would have done something. He was misbehaving with media. All those who are here with ill intent should leave,” says BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait

Rakesh Tikait gets teary-eyed but refuses to leave

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait, against whom an FIR has been filed over the Republic Day tractor rally violence, has been served a legal notice to surrender before the Ghaziabad administration.

However, the kisan neta has refused to evict, saying ‘he will commit suicide but won’t end the protest until farm bills are repealed.

Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh Police personnel conducted a flag march at the Ghazipur border. Ghazipur is one of the sites where protests against the central farm laws are going on for nearly two months.

Ghaziabad admin orders anti-farm laws protestors to vacate agitation site at Ghazipur

This comes after violence broke out in the national capital on January 26 during the farmers’ tractor rally.

Prashant Kumar, Additional Director General (Law and Order), Uttar Pradesh said the police personnel have been deployed at UP gate to look that ‘anti-national elements’ do not infiltrate the protests.

In the violence that broke out on January 26, several public and private properties were damaged in acts of vandalism by the protestors.

A total of 394 police personnel sustained injuries in the violence and several of them are still admitted to hospitals.

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