Clashes broke out on Friday between protesting farmers and a group of men shouting anti-farmer and pro-police slogans, and authorities used tear gas and batons to break up the fight at one of several protest sites near the national capital.
Delhi Police SHO (Alipur) Pradeep Paliwal was injured in the violence after a man attacked him with a sword, an official said, adding that some people were also wounded.
The Police suggested taking alternate routes via Ring Road or via Akshardham towards Laxmi Nagar or via Akshardham setu loop towards Noida to reach their destination.
The Delhi Traffic police informed Singhu, Auchandi, Mangesh, Saboli, Piau Maniyari borders too remain closed for commuters. Traffic is slow near Akshardham temple, Nizamuddin and near EDM in Anand Vihar. While, Lampur, Safiabad, Singhu school and Palla toll tax borders are opened. Meanwhile, the sit-in protest at Ghazipur border (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) continues against the Centre’s three farm laws. “We will not vacate the site,” Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said at the Ghazipur border.
Delhi’s border points at Tikri and Singhu have been under heavy police deployment since morning in the aftermath of the violence that broke out during a tractor parade by farmers in the national capital on Republic Day. Personnel of the Delhi Police, along with those of the paramilitary forces, have been deployed at the borders. Tense standoff was also witnessed at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border at Ghazipur as farmers refused to budge as police tried to evict them. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has declared that he is “ready to face bullets” if needed.
