Yogi government orders all DMs and SSPs to ensure end of all farmers’ agitations in the state

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday ordered all DMs and SSPs to ensure the end of all the farmers’ agitations in the state. This comes after the violence erupted at Red Fort during the tractor rally. Several public and private properties were damaged in acts of vandalism by the protestors.

Uttar Pradesh government has ordered all DMs and SSPs to ensure the end of all the farmers' agitations in the state: Government officials pic.twitter.com/Pa9dVerZgZ

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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. Delhi Traffic Police informed that the Ghazipur border is closed on both sides.

A total of 394 police personnel sustained injuries in the violence and several of them are still admitted to hospitals. 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, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava had said.