R-Day violence investigation: Crime Branch, forensic team visit Red Fort

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police together with the Forensic Science Laboratory team examined the Red Fort area on Saturday, in connection with the violence that took place on January 26 during the farmers' tractor rally. A team of Delhi Police also reached Jalandhar on Friday at Red Fort on Republic Day.

According to Gurmeet Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)- Investigation, Jalandhar, Delhi police raided the Basti Bawa Area in the city in search of two youths from Tarn Taran who were part of the violence. "There was info that two youth from Tarn Taran who was part of the violence are in Jalandhar. They raided the area but the two were not found. They left the area before Police reached there," he said.

On January 27, Delhi Police Commissioner, SN Shrivastava, informed that 19 people were arrested and over 25 criminal cases registered by Police in connection with the violence that broke out during the farmers' tractor march on Republic day. Along with the leaders of most farmers' unions participating in the protest at Delhi borders, Delhi Police have also named Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu and gangster Lakka Sadana in an FIR registered in connection with the violence at the historic monument on Republic Day.

Protestors broke barricades to enter Delhi and indulged in vandalism across several parts of the national capital during their tractor rally organized to protest against the Centre's three new farm laws. Several public and private properties were damaged in acts of vandalism by the protestors. A total of 22 FIRs have been filed by the Delhi Police with one of them mentioning the incident at ITO where a farmer died after his tractor overturned.

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