Farmers pelted stones, wielded lathis: Delhi Police

The Delhi Police on Tuesday clarified that limited measures had to be used during the Kisan Kranti Yatra earlier in the day as a number of protesting farmers resorted to stone pelting and wielded lathis, causing injuries to police personnel on duty.The Delhi Police, in a statement, highlighted that the use of tractor-trolleys as passenger carriers was banned in the national capital by the Supreme Court, and hence, adequate measures had to be put in place to stop farmers from entering Delhi in these vehicles.The police also informed that announcements were regularly made on a public address system about the promulgation of section 144 Cr.PC, adding that requests were specifically made to farmers not to try entering Delhi forcefully on tractor-trolleys.Elucidating about the violent methods adopted by a section of protesting farmers, the police said, "Despite persuasive methods requesting them to wait till the outcome of the talks of their leaders with the government, a section of the ...