Delhi Police tighten security at Jantar Mantar as farmers aim to join wrestlers' protest

Delhi Police heightened the security arrangements at Jantar Mantar on Sunday where wrestlers are staging a sit-in protest. The security was also increased in the border areas of the city as hundreds of farmers looked to join the protest that has been going on since 23 April.

Vehicles entering Delhi were checked and pickets were increased at Delhi-Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu borders. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) had announced a nationwide agitation in support of the wrestlers who have been protesting against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for sexual harassment and intimidation.

VIDEO | A group of farmers trying to enter Delhi to join wrestlers’ protest at Jantar Mantar stopped by police at Tikri Border. pic.twitter.com/3L8WyKWgQu

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) May 7, 2023

The SKM said several senior leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh will visit Jantar Mantar on Sunday with hundreds of farmers.

They also demanded the immediate arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who had two FIRs filed against him – one of them under the POSCO Act.

आज शाम को 7 बजे पूरे देशवाशियों से अपील है की अपने भारत की बेटियों की न्याय की इस लड़ाई में एक साथ पूरे देश में कैंडल मार्च निकालेंगे