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  • Three more arrested in R-Day violence case

    Three more arrested in R-Day violence case

    New Delhi (TIP): The police have arrested three Delhi residents for their alleged role in violence at north Delhi’s Burari during the Republic Day’s tractor rally, officers said on Thursday, February 11.

    So far, a total of 127 people have been arrested in connection with the Republic Day violence across the national capital. Thousands of farmers protesting the Centre’s new agri laws had clashed with the police during the tractor parade on January 26.

    The special investigation team set up to probe incidents during the clashes between the police and security personnel arrested Guru Prakash, 34, a resident of Old Mahavir Nagar and Gurjeet Singh, 34, and Rajendra Singh 41, of Bhalswa Dairy on Wednesday evening.

    Police have already arrested eight men linked with violence in Burari . Burari was one of the areas where protesting farmers and police clashed with each other on Republic Day. Over 500 security personnel were injured in the clash and several public properties were damaged

    At least 394 police personnel and 10 farmers were injured when farmers protesting against the three farm laws deviated from the route approved for the tractor rally, clashed with police personnel and stormed the Red Fort on January 26.

    In their ongoing investigation into the violence reported from different locations in Delhi on Republic Day, the police have identified at least 100 persons, using video analytics and face recognition software. The police are matching the photographs with records of the crime dossiers, transport department data and social media accounts. So far, 143 persons have been arrested in 40 cases registered at different police stations.

    Police have also appealed to the public to share CCTV footage and pictures of the violence. So far, the police have received 2,700 video clips from the people.

    Special commissioner of police Praveer Ranjan said Delhi police are conducting a scientific probe. “Help from forensic experts is being taken for identification of the suspects for a fair and balanced investigation,” he said.

  • Delhi Police file FIR on farmers’ protest ‘toolkit’ tweeted by Greta Thunberg

    Delhi Police file FIR on farmers’ protest ‘toolkit’ tweeted by Greta Thunberg

    The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR in connection with a ‘toolkit’ containing information on how to back the farmers protests. The ‘toolkit’ has been doing the rounds on social media and the document was tweeted out by, among others, Swedish teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg. She deleted that tweet and later reposted an updated version of the toolkit. Praveer Ranjan, Special Commissioner of Police (CP), Delhi Police, on Thursday, Feb 4, evening said, “We haven’t named anybody in the FIR, it’s only against the creators of toolkit which is a matter of investigation & Delhi Police will be investigating that case.” “Preliminary enquiry has revealed that the toolkit in question appears to have been created by a pro-Khalistani Organisation ‘Poetic Justice Foundation’,” the police officer said.

    The FIR has been lodged under the Indian Penal Code’s Sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity), and 120B (criminal conspiracy). Earlier, this week Greta Thunberg took to Twitter to lend support to farmers in India who are protesting against the three new farm laws. The farmers having been sitting at the Delhi border in protest for several days now. In her tweet on Tuesday night, Greta Thunberg wrote “We stand in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India” and shared a CNN article on the ongoing farmers’ protest in India and how internet has been suspended around the Delhi borders. Her tweet followed that of Rihanna who brought global attention to the issue. In a follow-up tweet, Greta Thunberg wrote, “Here’s an updated toolkit by people on the ground in India if you want to help. (They removed their previous document as it was outdated.) #StandWithFarmers #FarmersProtest” and shared a document on details about the agitation.