New Delhi: The Delhi Police have issued a lookout circular against the farmer leaders named in FIRs in connection with the violence that broke out during the Republic Day tractor rally. The police said the process of surrender of their passports will also be initiated to ensure they do not leave the country.
The decisions were taken following a series of meetings chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah since Tuesday when the large scale violence took place in the national capital during the farmers’ tractor rally, an official from the Home Ministry said.
Shah has been continuously monitoring the situation in Delhi and held meetings even late in the night on Wednesday and again early on Thursday. Directives have been given to the Delhi Police to take immediate actions against the accused farmer leaders, he said.
A lookout circular is issued against an accused to prevent him from travelling abroad. The Delhi Police has registered 25 FIRs, including against over 30 of the 40 farm union leaders who were involved in talks with the central government.
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.
The six SKM spokespersons who have been named are Jagjit Singh Dallewal, president, BKU (Sidhupur); Balbir Singh Rajewal, president, BKU (Rajewal); Darshan Pal, president, Krantikari Kisan Union; Rakesh Tikait, president, BKU; Kulwant Singh Sandhu, general secretary, Jamhoori Kisan Sabha; Yogendra Yadav, president, Swaraj Party India.
Others who have been named in the FIR are Boota Singh Burjgill, president, BKU Dakaunda; Nirbhai Singh Dhudike, president, Kirti Kisan Union; Ruldu Singh Mansa, president, Punjab Kisan Union; Inderjit Singh, president, Kisan Sangharsh Committee among others.
One of the FIRs, on the Red Fort incident, names Punjabi film actor Deep Sidhu and Lakhbir Singh Sidhana alias Lakha Sidhana, gangster-turned-politician and president of the Malwa Youth Federation.
According to the official figures, 394 policemen were injured in the violence. Most of them are hospitalised while some are in the ICU. More than 25 criminal cases have been registered, 19 people have been arrested and as many as 50 protesters are detained.
Police are analysing the video footage available to identify the violent protesters who damaged the public property and attacked the police personnel on January 26.