New Delhi: Delhi witnessed unprecedented scenes of chaos and violence on Tuesday – on the nation’s 72nd Republic Day – as groups of farmers protesting the centre’s agriculture laws clashed with police and safety forces in the course of what was supposed to be a peaceful tractor rally about the city’s borders.In one video, shared on-line by news agency ANI, about a dozen police and paramilitary personnel can be observed forced to scramble and jump more than a 15-foot wall at the Red Fort complicated to escape a mob of lathi-wielding attackers.The video shows police thrashed with lathis and sticks, and backed against the edge of a rampart.As the attackers rush in, some of them are forced to throw themselves over the metal railing to drop at least 15 feet to the grassy knoll under. Others cling on and attempt to fight back.As the video plays out, two tractors then seem one is driven appropriate up against the railing, which appears to break and trigger a policeman holding on to it to fall to the ground under.#WATCH | Delhi: Protestors attacked Police at Red Fort, earlier today. #FarmersProtestpic.twitter.com/LRut8z5KSC— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2021As the video continues more and more attackers seem, waving yellow flags and throwing objects.The attackers then break open a nearby gate and continue on.One farmer died following the tractor he was driving crashed by way of police barriers and overturnedThe video then zooms out to show similarly chaotic scenes across other ramparts.Over 80 Delhi Police and safety personnel had been injured – a number of seriously – in Tuesday’s violence.One farmer died following the tractor he was speeding in crashed by way of police barriers at the ITO junction and overturned. Other farmers, having said that, allege he was killed in police firing.Two other folks received minor injuries, news agency PTI mentioned, following their speeding tractor overturned as well.Apart from violence at the Red Fort, police and protesters clashed at a number of other spots in the city which includes the Singhu border, at the ITO junction and in the Nangloi location. Police resorted to lathi charges and firing tear gas shells in an try to disperse the protesters.Four situations have been registered in connection with vandalism in East Delhi, exactly where eight buses and 17 private cars had been vandalised, news agency ANI reported.The farmers have blamed “anti-social elements” for the violence and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a federation of 40 farmer unions, has dissociated itself from the chaos and appealed for calm.Late Tuesday, following a meeting with senior police and government officials, Home Minister Amit Shah (to whom Delhi Police reports) ordered added paramilitary forces to be positioned in the city.The farmers had been offered permission to hold the tractor rally along designated routes in the borders and following the Republic Day parade at Rajpath. However, by 8 am groups of farmers marched and drove their tractors by way of police barricades at border points, and stormed into the capital.With input from ANI
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