Tight security arrangements on the Tikri border during farmers’ protest against the Center’s new agricultural laws on Saturday. (PTI)
They were detained around 12:30 pm and later released at night, police said.
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About 60 people were detained near Shaheedi Park in central Delhi on Saturday for allegedly holding a protest in support of the so-called ‘chakka jam’ given by farmers agitating against the Center’s new agricultural laws, police said. The protesters were from different organizations, they said.
They were detained around 12:30 pm and later released at night, police said. Police said some union leaders were also detained in some places on Saturday as a preventive measure. Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan blocked roads with cart tractors and occupied key highways on Saturday, while dispersed protests took place in other states during a three-hour ‘chakka jam’ called by farmers’ unions. that demand the scrapping of the Center. new agricultural laws.
Farmers unions had announced a nationwide ‘chakka jam’ on Monday to protest the internet ban in areas near their agitation sites, harassment allegedly imposed by authorities and other problems. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a coordinating body of farmers’ unions, had previously said that protesters will not block roads in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the ‘chakka jam’.
The Delhi police had stepped up security at all border points in the city, as thousands of people, including paramilitary forces, were deployed to deal with any situation arising from the “chakka jam”.
Following the Republic Day violence, Delhi Police have implemented additional measures, including tightening security and intensifying the vigil in the city and its border points.
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