In an attempt to disperse the farmers...
New Delhi: On Tuesday, 13 February 2024, Tear gas was fired at farmers massing at the Shambhu border point between Punjab and Haryana.
It is a key meeting point for farmers from each state heading to Delhi as part of their 'Delhi Chalo' call.
Visuals showed plumes of smoke - making visibility zero- and hundreds of farmers, as well as media personnel, running helter-skelter to the sound of tear gas shells being fired.
The shelling - the first signs of violence - broke as the clock struck noon and the farmers began their push to Delhi. An estimated two dozen shells were fired, despite no immediate signs of provocation.
Visuals from the Shambhu border - over 200 km from the National Capital - also showed the police and security personnel - already outnumbered - dropping smoke bombs from drones to disperse the farmers.
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