Mahender Singh Manral

“To tackle challenges, we will have to first understand them and, accordingly, bring changes in the way we function. Each police station of Delhi Police should set five targets for improvement and better performance by 2022, that is, when India completes 75 years of independence,” said Amit Shah.

ACP Ramesh Kumar Dahiya was the SHO of Sadar Bazar police station at the time of the alleged incident, and was sent on medical leave after the woman filed an initial complaint against him.

Akbar Ahmad did not respond to calls and messages seeking a comment. DCP (Southwest) Ingit Pratap Singh said they have received a complaint and appropriate legal action is being taken.

In its chargesheet, police claimed Kumar led a procession and supported — along with others named as accused — seditious slogans raised on the JNU campus on February 9, 2016, during an event to mark the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

Arrested Monday night by personnel of the Special Cell southwestern range, 41-year-old Sandeep Singh Sidhu alias Deep Sidhu was sent to police custody for seven days by a Tis Hazari court in Delhi though police had sought his custody for 10 days.

A senior police officer from the Eastern range said the decision was taken after it was felt that normalcy had been restored at the borders.

Data provided by some districts revealed that at the Ghazipur border, which comes under the jurisdiction of the East district, 210 teargas shells were fired

Following the meeting three months ago, DCPs asked SHOs to start looking for digital volunteers. Cyber teams from various districts were also asked to tap resident and market welfare groups, with a focus on those who have verified Twitter handles.

Police have so far lodged 44 FIRs and arrested 122 people in connection with the violence till date. Most farm leaders, many of whom had been participating in talks with the Centre, have also been named in the FIRs.

Teams of the New Delhi Range are collecting footage from more CCTVs in the vicinity and trying to find out about the suspicious man.

Delhi Police spokesperson Dr Eish Singhal said 44 FIRs have been registered so far and 122 people arrested.

All 14 DCPs present in the meeting gave an explanation, following which they were asked when their personnel first fired teargas, when they alerted their seniors about the situation, and when they passed on information to other districts.

Sources also said some violent protesters have been identified as residents of Delhi and police are collecting evidence before making arrests.

Sources told The Indian Express that footage also included those from two security cameras installed at one of the gates of the embassy and opposite the building.

No one was injured in the explosion, which took place on the 29th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Israel.

The area has been cordoned off and officers are scanning CCTV cameras installed nearby to ascertain the sequence of events, police said.

The FIR, one of the 33 registered in connection with the violence during the tractor march, also states that the protesters allegedly tried to snatch MP5 guns and SLRs from policemen, but only snatched 40 live cartridges.

Thirty-seven farm union leaders, including six spokespersons of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), have been named in an FIR registered at the Samaypur Badli police station, in Outer Delhi, based on a complaint filed by Inspector Anil Kumar.

300 personnel injured in clashes with protesters at ITO, Red Fort, say police

On Tuesday, as a section of protesters stormed the Red Fort, Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with top officials of the MHA, Delhi Police and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) at his residence.

A senior police officer said intelligence inputs suggest that more than 27,000 tractors are at the borders, and the number will go up to 40,000.

Data from Traffic Police shows that 82,17,692 notices were issued by speed cameras, 18,03,293 challans by red light violation detection cameras and 16,92,308 for other violations in the last year. However, the amount received in fines last year was Rs 1,24,17,23,000 as compared to Rs 94,08,03,900 in 2019.

"Around 2.5-3 lakh tractors will take to the roads near the protest sites. The parade will be absolutely peaceful from our end."

“They managed to escape after creating an atmosphere of ‘afra-tafri’. They violated norms of Covid-19, so appropriate legal action should be taken against them,” it states.