Protesting farmers stormed the Indian capital with violence breaking out across different places as the country observed muted Republi
Protesting farmers stormed the Indian capital with violence breaking out across different places as the country observed muted Republic Day celebrations. With a truncated celebration commemorating India’s Republic Day on Tuesday, thousands of farmers who have been camping on the outskirts for over two months stormed into the capital, fighting pitched battles with the police after they breached barricades. The chaos unfolded despite the police giving farmers camping at Delhi’s three borders permission to hold their tractor rallies on specific routes, only after the official 72nd Republic Day parade and not venture into the city. Chaos unfolds in capital But hours before the allocated time, farmers pulled down the barricades and concrete blocks using their tractors, prompting police to fire tear gas and resort to a baton charge at several points in central Delhi to quell the protesters. While some farmers traveled on tractors, others were on horseback and on foot, marching purposefully in the direction of the heart of the city. One protester was reportedly killed and several police personnel injured, police said.
