The Delhi Police on Friday arrested 44 people in connection with the violence at Singhu border, ANI reported. A man who attacked a policeman with a sword was among those arrested.
Tension arose on Friday after a group of around 200 people, claiming to be local residents, barged into the farmers’ protest site despite heavy security. The group indulged in stone pelting and damaged tents pitched by the farmers.
The police reportedly did not try to stop the group at first, but resorted to the use tear gas shells and batons after the situation escalated. Several people, including Delhi Police Station House Office (Alipur) Pradeep Paliwal, were injured in the clashes.
People who barged into the protest site demanded that farmers vacate the area. They alleged that the farmers had “insulted” the national flag during their tractor parade on Republic Day. The protesting farmers, on the other hand, claimed that the vandals were not local residents but hired goons.
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