The Delhi Police tightened safety measures as a number of farmers had been anticipated to succeed in Jantar Mantar, the place wrestlers are staging a sit-in. A number of barricades had been erected to stop any untoward incidents. Nonetheless, on Monday, the farmers broke by way of the barricades to hitch the protesting wrestlers, who’re demanding motion in opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India and BJP MP, over allegations of sexual harassment. Intensive layers of barricades had been positioned on the protest web site and the border areas of Delhi.
In a video shared by the information company ANI, farmers might be seen working collectively to manually take away the barricades, permitting others to hitch the protest. At one level, a gaggle of farmers collectively lifted and moved a barricade out of the way in which.
#WATCH | Farmers break by way of police barricades as they be part of protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar, Delhi
The wrestlers are demanding motion in opposition to WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over allegations of sexual harassment. pic.twitter.com/k4d0FRANws
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2023
In the meantime, the Delhi Police acknowledged {that a} group of farmers had been escorted to Jantar Mantar, however a few of them had been in a rush to succeed in the dharna web site and climbed over the barricades. The police additional talked about that the barricades had been eliminated by the farmers and guaranteed that the protestors at Jantar Mantar had been being facilitated. To make sure safety, protesters are required to move by way of DFMD (Door Body Metallic Detector). The Delhi Police additionally appealed to the general public to stay calm and abide by the regulation.
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The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) introduced a nationwide agitation on Saturday in solidarity with the wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar in opposition to Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. A number of senior leaders of SKM from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and western Uttar Pradesh had been slated to go to Jantar Mantar on Sunday, accompanied by lots of of farmers.
The SKM additionally demanded the fast arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by a number of girls wrestlers.
On Thursday, a gaggle of farmers en path to Delhi to hitch the protest at Jantar Mantar had been stopped by the police on the Singhu border, ensuing within the detention of 24 people.
The wrestlers have been staging their protest at Jantar Mantar since April 23. On April 28, the Delhi Police filed two FIRs in opposition to Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh primarily based on complaints filed by seven girls wrestlers, together with a minor.