Wrestlers protest: Security tightened at Delhi borders ahead of protest known as by farmers movement
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By PTI
NEW DELHI: Security was tightened at Delhi’s border components on Thursday in view of a reputation for nationwide demonstrations given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in help of wrestlers protesting in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Security personnel are sustaining strict vigil on the border components and extra pickets have been put as a lot as cease any untoward incident, Delhi Police officers talked about.
“Security has been tightened, extra police personnel have been deployed and we have also set up extra pickets at Delhi’s borders. We want to ensure that law and order are maintained and no untoward incident takes place. This has been done as a precautionary measure,” a senior police officer talked about.
Vehicles coming into Delhi from neighbouring states are being checked on the borders, he talked about.
The SKM, an umbrella physique of farmers’ unions, had on Tuesday known as for nationwide protests on June 1 in help of wrestlers who’ve been demanding the arrest of Singh for allegedly sexually harassing female grapplers, along with a minor.
In a press launch, the SKM had talked about its identify for demonstrations was aimed towards securing the democratic correct to protest by the Indian wrestlers and all totally different sections of society, and to demand the arrest of Singh, who may also be a BJP MP.
It talked about it would coordinate with platforms of commerce unions, women, youth, school college students and all totally different sections, along with intellectuals, to stage demonstrations.
The wrestlers, who had been protesting at Jantar Mantar since April 23 in the hunt for the arrest of Singh, had been far from the positioning by the Delhi Police on Sunday after they tried to march to the model new Parliament setting up that was inaugurated the equivalent day. They had been detained and later let off.
NEW DELHI: Security was tightened at Delhi’s border components on Thursday in view of a reputation for nationwide demonstrations given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in help of wrestlers protesting in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
Security personnel are sustaining strict vigil on the border components and extra pickets have been put as a lot as cease any untoward incident, Delhi Police officers talked about.
“Security has been tightened, extra police personnel have been deployed and we have also set up extra pickets at Delhi’s borders. We want to ensure that law and order are maintained and no untoward incident takes place. This has been done as a precautionary measure,” a senior police officer talked about.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
Vehicles coming into Delhi from neighbouring states are being checked on the borders, he talked about.
The SKM, an umbrella physique of farmers’ unions, had on Tuesday known as for nationwide protests on June 1 in help of wrestlers who’ve been demanding the arrest of Singh for allegedly sexually harassing female grapplers, along with a minor.
In a press launch, the SKM had talked about its identify for demonstrations was aimed towards securing the democratic correct to protest by the Indian wrestlers and all totally different sections of society, and to demand the arrest of Singh, who may also be a BJP MP.
It talked about it would coordinate with platforms of commerce unions, women, youth, school college students and all totally different sections, along with intellectuals, to stage demonstrations.
The wrestlers, who had been protesting at Jantar Mantar since April 23 in the hunt for the arrest of Singh, had been far from the positioning by the Delhi Police on Sunday after they tried to march to the model new Parliament setting up that was inaugurated the equivalent day. They had been detained and later let off.
