After the protesting farmers entered Red Fort and hoistedtwo flags, Delhi police have detained around 200 protesters on the charges ofrioting, damaging public property, assaulting police personnel, as reported byThe Indian Express.
Delhi police while speaking to the media have said thatthey are making arrests after verification and 22 FIRs have been registered sofar. As per the police, over 230 police personnel were injured while containingthe unrest at Red Fort, Delhi on Republic day.
A day after the peaceful protest turned amok and when thefarmers broken the barricades and attacked police personnel in response to thetear gas canisters fired by the police, the situation remains tense in Delhi.
Security has been beefed up at Delhi. Internet was shutdown yesterday afternoon. A petition has been filed on Wednesday, January 27,that insists on setting up of a commission and headed by retired judge of theapex court to look into the violence that erupted yesterday.
The plea also submits that FIRs be filed and action betaken against those who dishonored the National Flag. However, the claims regardingdesecration of tri-color are unsubstantiated.
After 11 rounds of talks with the union government andmore than two months of protests, the situation at the border remained tense.