Delhi Police Cites Rise in Sale of Tractors as Indication of Conspiracy for R-Day Violence: Report
News 18Delhi Police has cited a “rise” in sale of tractors in Punjab and Haryana between November 2020 and January 2021 as an indication of a “a deep-rooted, well-orchestrated conspiracy” for the Republic Day violence. The Indian Express exclusively reviewed the chargesheet that said, the “sale of tractors rises to a considerable extent rapidly in a well-orchestrated conspiracy and with the sole object…to take tractors to Delhi for agitation and protest.” According to the chargesheet, Punjab saw the biggest increase in sale of tractors in these three months. The Delhi Police has named 37 farmer leaders, including Darshan Pal and Yogendra Yadav, in an FIR in connection with the violence that took place during a tractor rally by farmers, officials said on Wednesday. A total of 153 police personnel were injured, with two of them in ICU, after rioting farmers broke barriers to storm the national capital on Tuesday, their tractor parade to highlight their demands dissolving into unprecedented scenes of anarchy as they fought with police, overturned vehicles and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort.