The social networking site Twitter on Wednesday said that it suspended more than 300 accounts engaged in spam and platform manipulation as the farmers' tractor rally went violent in the national capital on the 72nd Republic Day. The farmers flocked the Red Fort and waved farmer union flags from its ramparts. 

A Twitter spokesperson said IANS that the company has taken strong enforcement action to protect the conversation on the service from attempts to incite violence, abuse and threats that could trigger the risk of offline harm by blocking certain terms that violate our rules for trends.

The Delhi Police on Sunday had warned that 308 Twitter handles have been generated to create confusion over the tractor rally proposed by protesting farmers on Republic Day. Twitter said that they were monitoring the situation closely and remain vigilant and strongly encourage those on the service to report anything they believe is in violation of the rules.

According to officials, a total of 22 FIRs have been filed by the Delhi Police so far in connection with the violence witnessed during the farmers' tractor rally.

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