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4 cases registered for vandalism in East Delhi during farmers' tractor rally: Police

Four cases have been registered in connection with the vandalism in East Delhi during the farmers' tractor rally today. Eight buses and 17 private vehicles were vandalized: Delhi Police (Eastern Range)

8:57 PM

Amit Shah holds emergency meet after farmers' violence

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held an emergency meeting at his residence over the violence that rocked parts of the national capital during the farmers' Republic Day parade, PTI reported.

 

According to sources, the Home Secretary, Director Intelligence Bureau and senior officers of Delhi Police were present at the meeting called to take stock of the security arrangements in Delhi. More central troopers would be deployed in Delhi to meet any exigencies, sources said. PTI sources said that apart from additional forces, stand by security personnel have been arranged to control any untoward incident.

 

The Home Ministry swung into action after a group of farmers swarmed into the historic Red Fort, while incidents of violence were reported from the ITO area. Taking serious note of the chain of incidents, Shah called an emergency meeting where deliberations were underway to strengthen the security apparatus. According to intelligence inputs, some 'organised groups' are behind the violence.

8:50 PM

LIVE: Protestors gather at Red Fort in Delhi

8:44 PM

Protesters turned violent, many police personnel injured and public properties also damaged: Delhi Police

8:43 PM

83 police personnel injured in tractor parade violence: Delhi Police Additional PRO Anil Mittal

83 police personnel injured in tractor parade violence: Delhi Police Additional PRO Anil Mittal

8:38 PM

Letter to CJI urges him to take cognizance of violence during farmers' tractor rally

A Mumbai-based law student Tuesday wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) S A Bobde urging him to take suo motu cognisance of the violence that took place at the Red Fort here during the farmers' tractor march on Republic Day, PTI reported. The letter, written by Mumbai University student Ashish Rai, claimed that the tractor march event has been terrorized by some anti-social elements".

 

It said the way the flag of another community was waved at the fort in place of the national flag of India, it hurt the honour and dignity of the country. It claimed that a lot of public property was also damaged.

 

It is a shameful event and the whole country is also hurt by this incident. Because of this incident, the national flag has also been insulted along with the Constitution of the country, the letter said, adding that such kind of activities damage the constitutional sentiments of Indian citizen. It requested that a Special Investigation Committee be formed on this entire matter to conduct a rigorous inquiry against the anti-social elements involved in this unconstitutional activity and to punish the accused.

8:05 PM

Samyukt Kisan Morcha calls off tractor parade, appeals participants to return to protest sites

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha called off the tractor parade by farmers on Tuesday and appealed to participants to immediately return to their respective protest sites. The tractor parade, which began much ahead of the scheduled time, turned violent with farmers opposing the Centre's new agri laws and police clashing at several areas of the national capital, according to PTI report.

 

Farmers continued to camp at several places in the national capital till late evening and there was no pre-decided time for concluding the parade.

 

"We have called off the farmers' Republic Day parade with immediate effect and appealed to all participants to immediately return back to their respective protest sites. The movement will continue peacefully and further steps will be discussed and decided soon," the farmers' union body said in a statement.

 

The Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 farmer unions, is leading the protest against the three central farm laws at several border points of Delhi.

7:50 PM

More paramilitary forces being deployed in Delhi after violence during farmers' tractor rally

In the wake of farmers' tractor rally turning violent, the Centre on Tuesday decided to deploy additional paramilitary troops in Delhi to restore peace and maintain law and order, PTI reported. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava among others.

 

Additional paramilitary troops will be brought in for deployment in sensitive places in Delhi, a home ministry official said. The exact number of additional troops was not known immediately but officials suggested that it could be around 1,500 to 2,000 personnel (about 15 to 20 companies).

 

Around 4,500 paramilitary personnel were already deployed for law and order duties before the Republic Day. Earlier in the day, the Home Ministry decided to temporarily suspend the internet in parts of Delhi like Singhu, Ghazipur, Tikri, Mukarba Chowk and Nangloi and their adjoining areas for 12 hours from Tuesday noon.

7:38 PM

Legal action will be taken against those who assaulted police personnel during farmers' tractor rally

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A Timeline: How things turned violent in Delhi on Republic Day

Farmers, who were seen as friendly and peaceful for more than 60 days as they waited for government to accept their terms, suddenly left behind a trail of vandalism, violence, holliganism as they hoisted their flags at the 17th century iconic Red Fort after running amok through the capital clashing with the police personnel in several parts of the national capital.

 

IANS brings the entire timeline of the farmers proposed 'Kisan Gantantra parade' that turned violent unexpectedly and went from peaceful to bloody becoming "Occupy Delhi" movement in no time.

 

7 am: Delhi-Haryana Tikri border: Farmers enter the national capital after breaking barricades.

 

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7:10 PM

A protesting farmer died after a tractor rammed into barricades and overturned at ITO today: Delhi Police

7:09 PM

Farmers broke pre-decided conditions for parade, many personnel injured: Delhi Police

The Delhi Police Tuesday said protesting farmers violated the conditions pre-agreed for their tractor parade and resorted to violence and vandalism, leaving many police personnel injured, PTI reported. In a statement, the police also claimed the force 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.

 

The police statement came as the national capital witnessed violent scenes during a tractor parade by farmers who entered the city in their tractors from different points to press for their demand of repealing the three new agri laws.

 

"The protesters violated conditions fixed for the rally. The farmers began tractor rally before scheduled time, they also resorted to violence and vandalism," Delhi Police PRO Eish Singhal said. "We followed all conditions as promised and did our due diligence but the protest led to extensive damage to public property. Many policemen were also injured during the protest," Singhal said, without mentioning the exact number of personnel injured.

6:58 PM

Movement of vehicles resumes at ITO

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Latest visual from Red Fort

6:57 PM

'High Alert’ issued directing all district police chiefs to be extremely vigilant: Haryana Police

In view of the violent incidents in several areas during the ‘Farmers Tractor March’ in Delhi on Republic Day, Director General of Police of Haryana, Manoj Yadava issued a ‘high alert’ directing all district police chiefs to be extremely vigilant: Haryana Police