PIL in Supreme Court seeking probe into violence during tractor march in Delhi
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a judicial investigation into violence during the farmers' tractor march in Delhi on Tuesday. Protesting farmers’ clashed with police and hoisted a flag at the Red Fort.
As per the report, the PIL has been filed by an advocate in the Supreme Court, seeking constitution of a three-member panel of retired judges to look into the matter of violence during the farmers' tractor march in Delhi.
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The PIL also sought directions to the Delhi Police to register an FIR in connection with the violence. It also seeks permission to arrest those responsible for it.
So far, 22 FIRs have been registered by Delhi Police while the police is trying to identify the protesters through CCTV footage. Meanwhile, assistance is being taken from Crime Branch to extract footage from CCTV at Lalkila, Nangloi, Mukarba Chowk, Central Delhi.
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On Republic Day 2021, protestors stormed in the national capital created chaos. A section of protesting farmers reached the Red Fort with tractors and put a flag on the ramparts of Red Fort where Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoists the tricolour of India on August 15.
Likewise, the Delhi Police detained 200 people in connection with the violence.
Similarly, an FIR has been registered in connection with the violence during the farmers' tractor march while the matter will be investigated by the Crime Branch.
-PTC News
