TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Six Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and five police vehicles were damaged in the violence that broke out at ITO during the farmers” tractor parade in the national capital on Republic Day, according to an FIR registered in connection with the incident.
It also claimed that several police personnel were injured and 70 iron barricades damaged when over 10,000 protesting farmers on nearly 600 tractors stormed the area. The Delhi Police stated the protestors tried to enter Luytens” Delhi from Tilak Bridge despite not given permission to hold the tractor parade in the jurisdiction of IP Estate Police station where the first information report (FIR) was registered.
According to the FIR, the farmers smashed the barricades and hit DTC buses stationed at ITO with their tractors and also tried to run over police personnel. “Police tried to convince the agitating farmers. However, they were adamant about going to Luytens” area. They also damaged vehicles and equipment of mediapersons,” it stated, adding that police used tear gas to disperse the protesters from the spot.
