Similar tensions were witnessed in other parts of the national capital too.
Police lathicharged farmers at Chintamani Chowk in Shahdara when they broke barricades and smashed windowpanes of cars. A group of ‘Nihangs’ (traditional Sikh warriors) clashed with security personnel near Akshardham Temple.
At Nangloi Chowk in West Delhi and at Mukarba Chowk, farmers broke cemented barricades and police used tear gas to disperse them.
5) The situation worsened further as a section of protesters reached the Red Fort on their tractors and on foot, and stormed into its ramparts. Visuals from the spot showed uniformed security personnel looking on as people gathered in large numbers.
The protesters climbed on to the ramparts of the Red Fort and waved their flags. One of them climbed the flagpost where the Tricolour is hoisted by the Prime Minister of India on Independence Day and hoisted a religious flag there. Later, the police resorted to mild lathicharge and removed the people from the red Fort premises.
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