Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava will visit two hospitals here to see policemen who are currently undergoing treatment after Republic Day violence in the national capital.
Acting tough on the widespread violence during the farmers' tractor parade on Republic Day, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava on Wednesday assured the strictest possible action against rioters who indulged in violence. He said that farmer leaders "betrayed" the agreement and were involved in the violence themselves.
The Ghazipur-Delhi border was one of the three protest sites of the farmers protesting against three farm laws since November last year.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday wrote to farmer leader Darshan Pal asking him to explain why legal action should not be taken against him, post violence during tractor rally on Republic Day.
Acting tough on the widespread violence during the farmers' tractor parade on Republic Day, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava on Wednesday assured the strictest possible action against rioters who indulged in violence.
Acting tough on the widespread violence during the farmers' tractor parade on Republic Day, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava on Wednesday assured the strictest action possible against rioters who indulged in violence.
Thousands of protesting farmers clashed with police in several areas of Delhi and stormed the historic Red Fort after breaking through barricades at different border points of the national capital on Tuesday. The farmers deviated from pre-decided routes, prompting security personnel to resort to lathi-charge and using tear gas.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel on January 27 inspected the Red Fort, where the protestors entered and hoisted the flag during farmers' tractor rally on Republic Day. He said that a report be made on the incident at the earliest and handed over to MHA, and FIR be registered with immediate effect. He said, "I inspected Red Fort with officers of Culture Ministry and Archaeological Survey of India today. I gave 2 directions- report be made at the earliest and handed over to MHA and FIR be registered immediately. Things will be further clarified after report comes." A team of Delhi Police has also conducted a probe at Red Fort after storming incident. On Republic Day countless numbers of protestors breached the security and entered into Red Fort and hoisted flags. The Tractor Rally was organised by the farmers to protest against Center's newly enacted farm laws.
So far, many policemen have reported injured and several public and private properties have been damaged in this act of vandalism during the tractor parade by farmers, according to reports.
38 Delhi Police personnel have been awarded the police medal for their services. 17 of these officials have been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG), 3 President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service and 18 Police Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Republic Day.DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav and his special cell team, comprising Inspectors Prabhat Kumar Pankaj, Pankaj Kumar; Sub-Inspectors Krishan Kumar, Neeraj Kumar Sharma; Head Constable Girdhar Singh Gurjer; and Constable Gurdeep Singh, were awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry for bringing under control criminal "Kranti Gang" in the Delhi NCR in 2018. Four criminals, including Bharti, were killed in this operation. DCP Pramod Singh Kushwaha with ACP Hriday Bhushan, ASI Bhupender Kumar and SI Sandesh K have been conferred the Gallantry award for nabbing a suspected ISIS terrorist Yusuf Khan in September 2020. A team led by DCP Pramod Singh Kushwaha and Inspector Vinod Kumar have been awarded the Police Medal for Gallantry for arresting three ISIS terrorists in Delhi in January 2020. A team led by DCP G Ram Gopal Naik including ACP Rajesh Kumar, Inspector Vinay Tyagi and Constable Kuldeep Singh conferred the PMG for rescuing a 5-year old child of a businessman after an 11-day long operation in 2018. Special CP Neeraj Thakur, ACP Ritambra Prakash and SI Suresh Kumar have been awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
The Dehi Police has filed as many as 22 FIRs against rioters and more than 25 farmer leaders in connection with Tuesday's violence in the national capital. The six of the nine leaders who are named in the police document are Yogendra Yadav, Rakesh Tikait, Darshan Pal, Rajinder Singh, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Balbir Singh Rajewal and Buta Singh.
The Dehi Police has filed as many as 22 FIRs against rioters and more than 25 farmer leaders in connection with Tuesday's violence in the national capital.
At Red Fort, rioters broke the gates and entered its wells. A section of the crowd also managed to climb atop the rampart of the Red Fort where they hoisted their organisation's flag.
In an exclusive conversation with India TV, farmers' union leader Satnam Singh Pannu said that the tractor parade was peaceful until the intervention of Delhi Police. He added that he was not responsible for the seige at Red Fort.
The Delhi Police have registered 22 FIRs so far in connection with the violence that broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital leaving over 300 policemen injured, officials said on Wednesday.
Farmer leader Hannan Mollah has alleged a well-planned conspiracy by “enemies” to derail the farmers protest against the new farm laws. In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Mola distanced himself from violence and decried the violence.
22 FIRs have been registered so far in connection with the violence that broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in Delhi.
In a statement, the police also claimed it did all due diligence in following the conditions for the rally, but the protesters began their march much ahead of the scheduled time and extensive damage to public property was caused during the violence by them.
Thousands of protesting farmers riding on tractors, motorcycles and cars entered into the premises of Red Fort on Tuesday afternoon with the Tricolour and flags of the farmers' unions in their hands. They also clashed with police in several areas after breaking through barricades.
Dramatic scenes were witnessed on Tuesday after the agitating farmers clashed with the Delhi Police near ITO, with the police firing the tear gas shells and carrying out baton charges to disperse them.
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