19 arrested, 50 detained in R-Day violence: Delhi Police Commissioner
New Delhi: 19 individuals have been to date arrested and over 25 felony instances registered by Delhi Police in reference to the violence that broke out through the farmers’ tractor march on Tuesday, Police Commissioner (CP) SN Shrivastava mentioned on Wednesday.
Briefing media, Police Commissioner (CP) SN Shrivastava mentioned police will use facial recognition system and take the assistance of CCTV and video footage to establish the accused. “No culprit will be spared. 19 accused have been arrested and 50 people have been detained. They are being questioned,” he mentioned.
The prime police official additional mentioned that farmer leaders had been accountable for inciting violence with their provocative speeches.
The Police Commissioner mentioned that they’d held 5 rounds of talks with leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha after which three routes had been mutually agreed upon for the rally in Delhi.
“Because it was also Republic Day, and keeping in view the security of people of Delhi so we laid down some terms and conditions which were given to them with written permission,” Srivastava mentioned.
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“The first condition was the tractor rally should start from 12 noon and end by 5 pm. After that, the second condition was, the tractor March should be led by senior leaders of the unions. It also decided that all union leaders should move with the supporters in order to guide and control them,” the police commissioner mentioned.
Shrivastava added that by January 25 night, it had come to the data of the Police’s drive that farmers weren’t agreeing to the situations.
“They brought forward aggressive and militant elements who occupied their stage and delivered provocative speeches that made their intentions clear,” he mentioned.
He additional named farmer leaders Satnam Singh Pannu, Darshan Pal Singh, Buta Singh, and Rakesh Tikait amongst others for taking part and making provocative speeches inciting violence.
The Delhi police official additionally lauded the police drive for exhibiting restraint throughout yesterday’s violence.
“To minimise the loss of life, Police practised restraint. 394 police personnel sustained injuries in the violence and several of them are still admitted to hospitals. Some of them are admitted to ICU wards,” he added.
Protestors broke barricades to enter Delhi and indulged in vandalism throughout a number of elements of the nationwide capital throughout their tractor rally organised to protest towards the Centre’s three new farm legal guidelines.
Several private and non-private properties had been broken in acts of vandalism by the protestors. A complete of twenty-two FIRs have been filed by the Delhi Police with considered one of them mentioning the incident at ITO the place a farmer died after his tractor overturned.
Farmers have been protesting on the completely different borders of the nationwide capital since November 26 towards the three newly enacted farm legal guidelines – Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020. (ANI)
