Farmers suspend ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest march till Sunday, some injured in police action
Security personnel hurled several rounds of teargas shells to disperse the protestors at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana, according to reports.
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Farmers protesting at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana on Friday suspended their “Delhi Chalo” march after several of them were injured by the police’s firing of teargas shells.
“We have called back the ‘jatha’ for today in view of the injuries suffered by a few farmers,” farm leader Sarwan Singh Pandher told PTI. The march to Delhi is scheduled to continue on Sunday.
Pandher claimed that five to six protesting farmers were injured due to the teargas shelling by Haryana security personnel.
The protestors are calling for the Union government to guarantee a minimum support price for their farm produce, among other demands.
A group of 101 farmers were to begin their foot march to Delhi on Friday afternoon from their protest site at the Shambhu border point.
There was a heavy deployment of security personnel on the Haryana side of the border.
#WATCH | Police use tear gas to disperse protesting farmers at the Haryana-Punjab Shambhu Border.
The farmers have announced to march towards the National Capital-Delhi over their various demands. pic.twitter.com/sTed7fCxIh— ANI (@ANI) December 6, 2024
The security personnel hurled multiple rounds of teargas shells to disperse the protesting farmers, according to PTI.
Earlier on Friday, the administration in Haryana’s Ambala suspended mobile internet and bulk SMS services in 11 villages of the district till 11.59 pm on Monday ahead of the...
