Farmers stopped at Shambhu border, march suspended

Minor injuries to some farmers after police uses mild force

- NEERAJ MOHAN

Farmers on Friday suspended their Delhi March for a day after the Haryana police prevented them from crossing the Shambhu border.

The high voltage drama unfolded around 1 pm when a group of 101 farmers started their Delhi March and tried to cross the multi-layered barricading put up by the police.

The police used tear gas and mild force to disperse the farmers when they were trying to remove barricades, leading to minor injuries to around 10 farmers.

The Haryana Police asked farmers not to proceed further and cited a prohibitory order clamped under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

After the repeated attempts the farmers failed to cross the barricades, farmer leader Sarvan Singh Pandher announced that protest march is suspended and the farmers were called back to the camps.

According to reports, the farmers will wait for the response of Union Government to resume talks with the farmer leaders and they will hold another meeting on December 8 to take the next call.