Farmers’ Protest: Twitter suspends more than 550 accounts after violence in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Micro-blogging site Twitter suspended over 550 accounts from its platform today in connection with the violence during the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi on the 72nd Republic Day

According to reports, Twitter applied labels to tweets that were found to be in violation of synthetic and manipulated media policy.

Soruces reported that public and private properties were damaged in acts of vandalism by the mob.

A total of 22 FIRs have been registered regarding the violence, in which over 300 police personnel were injured.

Delhi Police has detained 200 people in connection with the violence.

Earlier on Tuesday, Punjab and Haryana governments declared high alert after the violence that erupted in Delhi during the farmers’ tractor rally on Tuesday.

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Protesting farmers and police personnel clashed at ITO in the national capital when the former forced their way towards Delhi and damaged police buses with their tractors, prompting the force to use lathicharge and tear gas shells against them.

Thousands of protesters clashed with police in multiple places in Delhi, leading to chaos in well-known landmarks of the city and suburbs, amid waves of violence that ebbed and flowed through the day, leaving the farmers' two-month peaceful movement near the borders of the national capital in tatters.

Farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at several border points of Delhi for the past several weeks, demanding a repeal of the three farm laws and a legal guarantee to the minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.