Farmers suspend march for day after standoff at Shambhu border

POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS TO DISPERSE PROTESTERS

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SHAMBHU: Farmers marching to Delhi called off their protest after a standoff with police at the Delhi-Haryana border. The farmers, who began their foot march at 1 pm on Friday, were stopped near the Shambhu border by an elaborate multi-layered barricading erected by the Haryana police.

The farmers are protesting in support of their old demand from the Centre for a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.

The police cited a prohibitory order clamped under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which bans any unlawful assembly of five or more persons in the district.

The situation turned volatile as the police personnel used teargas to disperse the farmers as they approached the barricades. The farmers removed metal barricades and spikes but were unable to push through the barricades and cemented wall-like structures.