Farmer killed as police deploy tear gas, fire rubber bullets to disperse protesters at Punjab-Haryana border

The farmer leaders have asked the protesters to maintain calm and peace. Volunteers deputed by the farmer leaders at the protest sites have been asking young farmers not to move ahead.Addressing protesters at Shambhu, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal asked them to maintain peace and calm if they wanted to win.”Do you want to win or not?” Dallewal asked the farmers.He also mentioned the “victory” of farmers during the 2020–21 agitation against the now-repealed farm laws and cautioned the farmers to be wary of elements who could damage the agitation.’Don’t provide equipment’Earlier in the day, while speaking to reporters, he said farmers will march peacefully towards Delhi. “Our intention is not to disturb peace,” Dallewal asserted.While accusing the Centre of indulging in “delaying tactics” over the farmers’ demands, Dallewal said it should take a decision in their favour.He also condemned the government for installing multiple layers of barricades at the Punjab-Haryana border points to prevent the farmers from heading towards Delhi.In a post on X, the Haryana Police asked owners of excavators to withdraw their machines from the protest sites. If they do not do so, action will be taken, it said.”For owners and operators of poclains, JCBs: Please do not provide your equipment to the protestors and withdraw them from the protest site if already done, as they may be used to cause harm to security forces. It is a non-bailable offence, and you may be held criminally liable,” police said in a post on X.The Haryana Police on Tuesday had urged its Punjab counterpart to seize bulldozers and other earthmoving equipment from the inter-state border points, saying protesters might use these to break barricades.These could pose a threat to security forces, Haryana Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapoor had said in an urgent communication to his Punjab counterpart, Gaurav Yadav.



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