New Delhi:
A policeman was attacked with a sword in Delhi in clashes throughout a farmers’ tractor protest that went rogue on Tuesday.
The farmers have been led by Nihangs equipped with swords and kirpans as the charged at the police and broke via barricades, the Delhi Police has mentioned in its First Information Report (FIR) on the clashes.
Delhi Police says more than 300 policemen have been injured in clashes with protesters who defied agreements and took their tractor rally to the centre of Delhi on Republic Day.
“The Additional DCP Central’s operator was attacked with a sword at ITO on Tuesday during the violence,” the police mentioned, according to news agency ANI. The incident took spot just outdoors the Delhi Police headquarters at ITO, a crucial intersection in Delhi.
“On January 26, 2021 at about 8.30 am, about 6,000-7,000 tractors had assembled at Singhu borders and they were to reach up to Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar and take a right turn. Instead of the agreed upon route, they insisted upon going to Central Delhi and despite persuasion by Delhi Police, the farmers led by Nihangs on their horses fully equipped with deadly weapons like swords, kripans and farsas (axe) charged the police and broke several layers of barricades, which were erected between Mukarba Chowk and Transport Nagar,” mentioned the police in the FIR.
Among the videos circulating on-line, one shows a protester armed with a sword chasing policemen.
A unique investigation group of the Delhi Police Crime Branch is most likely to investigate the incident.
(With inputs from ANI)