In Pictures: The Riots that shook the Nation on Republic Day
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On January 26, the agitations against the Centre’s Farm Laws devolved into an orgy of mindless violence, as protesting mobs went on a rampage in the nation’s capital. The Centre has been completely unable to quell the agitations, which have been going on for nearly two months, as protestors camped at Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh all these days.
It all began with a tractor rally that agitating farmers took on Republic Day. Despite there having been assigned a route for the rally by the Delhi police, protestors broke through several police barriers and ran amok, unleashing violence and damaging public property.
It all began with a rally… Image Credits: TwitterImage Credits: Twitter
The rally, as seen from above.
Image Credits: TwitterProtestors during a tractor rally near the Singhu border crossing in Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 | Image Credits: BloombergQuintImage Credits: BloombergQuintImage Credits: BloombergQuintAgitators are stopped at a barricade during a tractor rally near the Singhu border | Image Credits; BloombergQuintAgitators on motorcycles and cars entering Delhi | Image Credits: Twitter
Agitators, upon entering Delhi, gave up the planned route and destroyed several police barricades when Delhi Police refused to allow the protestors into certain areas of the city. The protests soon took an extremely violent turn.
The violent agitators overpowered the police and captured a crane from the police | Image Credits: NDTVFarmers ride the crane after breaking a police barricade on the occasion of India’s Republic Day in New Delhi, India, January 26, 2021 | Image Credits: ReutersAgitators running over barricades and destroying at one of Delhi’s border areas | Image Credits: PTIA barefooted Nihang Sikh wielding a sword atop the police barricades | Image Credits: TwitterAgitators armed with swords and sticks attack a policeman in Delhi Image Credits: PTIA policeman in riot gear lies on the ground, with his helmet thrown aside, as agitators overpower him | Image Credits: TwitterA rioter armed with an axe | Image Credits: TwitterA protestor on horseback attacking police and crossing the police barricades | Image Credits: ReutersAgitators on tractors clash with police. Along with the Indian tractor, the Communist hammer and sickle can also be seen | Image Credits: Greater KashmirFarmers break the police barricades on the Ghazipur border on Republic Day in New Delhi | Image Credits: PTIAgitators protesting against the Centre’s farm laws, armed with bats and sticks | Image credits: TwitterMore armed rioters pouring into the national capital | Image Credits: TwitterProtesting farmers remove the barricades after breaching the routes during their tractor rally at Ghazipur border, in New Delhi | Image Credits: ANI PhotoRioters damage a public bus with swords and sticks in Delhi | Image Credits: TwitterRioters ram their tractors into a bus | Image Credits: TwitterRioters inleash choas on the streets of the nation’s capital | Image Credits: Twitter
Rioters found their way to the Red Fort and, removing the Indian tricolour, they hoisted Sikh and Khalistani flags instead. More than a 100 children and artists were trapped at the Red Fort as the rioters did their worst to the fort complex.
The tractor rally at the Red Fort | Image Credit: PTIRioting protestors gather in front of the Red Fort, in Delhi | Image Credits: ReutersNihangs (Sikh warriors) beat up a policeman at the Red Fort | Image Credits: ReutersMore agitators streaming in to the Red Fort | Image Credits: News Now NationThe riotous mob at the Red Fort, Delhi | Image Credits: TwitterAgitators install Sikh flags on top of a dome of the Red Fort | Image Credits: BloombergQuintRioters wave flags and brandish swords at Delhi’s Red Fort complex | Image Credits: TwitterA rioter on top of a flag pole hoisting a Sikh flag after removing the Indian tricolour | Image Credits; BloombergQuintRioters at the Red Fort removed the tricolour and hoisted a Khalistani flag | Image Credits: ANIRioters installing Sikh and Khalistani flags on top of a dome of a dome at the Red Fort | Image Credits: ANI
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