Delhi Police quash reports claiming death of protestor due to firing

New Delhi – On 26^th January, a rioter had died after a speeding tractor overturned near the ITO junction (in central Delhi) trying to run over the Police personnel during the violence that took place on Republic Day. However, left-liberals had tried to blame Delhi Police for the death, spreading the fake news that the protestor was shot dead by the Police. According to the post mortem details, the rioter succumbed to the antemortem injuries he received after his tractor turned turtle as seen in the viral video of the incident. Avinash Chandra, ADG Bareilly in Rampur, UP clarified that the rioter did not die due to any bullet injury as claimed by several social media users and left-liberal media.

The time and the routes for the tractor rally were finalised after several rounds of meetings. But farmers drove tractors off the routes and before the fixed time, leading to vandalism in which many police personnel were injured: Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava to ANI pic.twitter.com/Db8zTayCCS

— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2021