Chaos broke out today as police fired tear gas shells and pelted the protesting farmers with rubber bullets as they approached Shambhu after beginning their 'Delhi Chalo' protest march on Tuesday. Over 200 farmer unions decided to press ahead with the march after a crucial meeting between farmer leaders and Union ministers ended without a resolution late Monday night.
In anticipation of the farmers’ agitation, the Delhi Police have ramped up security measures, imposing restrictions on gatherings and fortifying borders to maintain order.
Amidst the chaos several farmers were injured by the bullets along with a reporter of Aaj Tak was injured as chaos broke out at the farmers' protest at Shambhu on the Punjab-Haryana border. The reporter identified as Satyender Chauhan was hit by a rubber bullet amid the chaos. While reports are coming in that he is bleeding, his condition is stated to be stable.
The Punjab Police allowed protesting farmers to cross the Rajpura bypass as they headed towards Haryana's Ambala on their way to Delhi to press for their demands. However, tensions escalated at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border as protesting farmers attempted to break cement barricades with their tractors. Police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters with some tear gas shells were also reportedly deployed using drones.