Farmer Protest: Soldiers and farmers face to face... Situation critical at Shambhu border; Know ground report

Posted on 14th Feb 2024 by rohit kumar

Farmers Protest Delhi: On Tuesday, soldiers and farmers were once again seen face to face at the Shambhu border. When the police used tear gas shells and water cannons to stop the march to Delhi, the angry farmers pelted stones.

 

15 people were injured by the police and more than 12 farmers were also injured and reached the hospital. Ambala DSP Adarshdeep is also among the injured. The efforts of the Ambala Police Administration to stop the farmers at the Shambhu border for about a fortnight were successful on Tuesday.

 

 

Despite many efforts, the farmers failed to break the barricades. During this time, the police fired rubber bullets along with tear gas shells and water cannons, in which many farmers were injured.

 

The injured farmer reached the hospital

The injured include 60-year-old Tarsem Singh of Amritsar, 30-year-old Amandeep, resident of Fatehgarh, 18-year-old Jaskaran, resident of Fatehgarh, 40-year-old Mohindra Singh, resident of Patiala, 40-year-old Kulwinder Singh, resident of Sangrur, 45-year-old Mata, resident of Hoshiarpur, 21-year-old Gurjeet, resident of Firozpur, Teja, resident of Moga. Singh, Kuldeep resident of Longwala, and other farmers were injured. Whereas the process of reaching the hospital of the injured continued till late evening.

 

When stones were pelted, the soldiers themselves took the shield to another block and got injured.

As soon as the farmers entered inside the security and pelted stones at the Haryana Police, the police personnel also appeared in front. The soldiers came down with shields but in the meantime, some soldiers got injured. During this time, some farmers also picked up the shields of two soldiers and went away.

 

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Drone attack in Punjab border, Punjab Police stopped it

To disperse the raging crowd of agitators, the police also fired tear gas shells from drones. Within no time, he entered the Punjab border with a drone and started chasing the crowd within a short distance of the Punjab Police post.

When this matter reached the top officials of Punjab, they talked to Haryana Police and put a stop to it. After that, the drone fired tear gas shells only up to the prescribed limit.

 

Net and lights remained closed for one kilometer from the border to the Punjab border.

As evening approached, the lights on the highway up to a kilometer into the Punjab border did not light. Not only this, the internet also remained closed. While phone connections also remained slow. In such a situation, farmers managed the work with the lights of their tractors. However, despite the darkness, tear gas shells were fired till late at night.

 

 

Women farmers also joined

Apart from the youth and elders, women farmers also did not lag in the Delhi march movement. Many women from Firozpur, Sangrur, and Patiala also joined the convoy of farmers and were also seen at the Shambhu border. Women were seen encouraging the farmers with flags in their hands.

 

Farmers in full preparation, stock of food in tractors

Farmers' preparations for the movement are complete. This can be estimated by looking at the stock of bread and vegetables present in tractor-trolleys. Most of the hundreds of tractor-trolleys have food arrangements. If you have to stay for several days, there will be no shortage of food.

 

 

Punjab Police remained silent

From morning till late night at the Shambhu border, farmers were seen responding to police firing tear gas. Punjab Police was also deployed in this entire episode but no one even thought it appropriate to stop the farmers. He simply remained silent. Many farmers fell and got injured in the chaos caused by tear gas shells.

 

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