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The decision to deploy additional paramilitary personnel was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava among others.
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Shah is also understood to have directed the Delhi Police to identify and take action against those involved the in violence.
New Delhi: In the wake of farmers tractor rally turning violent, the Centre on Tuesday decided to deploy additional paramilitary troops in Delhi to restore peace and maintain law and order, officials said. The decision to deploy additional paramilitary personnel was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava among others.
Updated Jan 26, 2021 | 19:57 IST
Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the situation after hundreds of protesting farmers on tractors barrelled through police barricades to enter central Delhi areas, including Red Fort and ITO. Paramilitary force ensuring security during farmers tarctor rally | Photo Credit: AP
New Delhi: In the wake of farmers tractor rally turning violent, the Centre on Tuesday decided to deploy additional paramilitary troops in Delhi to restore peace and maintain law and order, officials said.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and attended by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava among others.
Additional security forces being deployed in Delhi after violence during farmers tractor rally
TOPSHOT - A farmer throws back a tear gas shell fired by the police to disperse them during a tractor rally as farmers continue to demonstrate against the central government s recent agricultural reforms in New Delhi on January 26, 2021. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
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. Updated: 26 Jan 2021, 07:46 PM IST PTI
The exact number of additional troops was not known immediately but officials suggested that it could be around 1,500 to 2,000 personnel (about 15 to 20 companies)
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In the wake of farmers tractor rally turning violent, the Centre on Tuesday decided to deploy additional paramilitary troops in Delhi to restore peace and maintain law and order, officials said.
Farmers tractor rally called off, additional forces deployed, internet suspended as violence grips Delhi-NCR | Key Points
Farmers Protest: The movement will continue peacefully and further steps will be discussed and decided soon, the farmers union body said in a statement.
Updated: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:27 PM IST
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New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, which is an umbrella body of 41 farmer unions spearheading the massive agitation on Tuesday called off their tractor rally immediately after series of violent clashes erupted from across Delhi-NCR during the tractor rally organised by the farmers to protest the farm laws enacted by the Centre last year.