R Day protester who attacked CISF personnel held
February 02, 2021 00:10
The Delhi Police on Monday
arrested a protester who allegedly attacked and injured a Central
Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel during violence at the Red
Fort on Republic Day, officials said.
The accused has been
identified as Akash Preet, a resident of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.
He was
arrested from the national capital, they said.
According to the
police, the CISF personnel was deployed at the Red Fort and tried to
stop the accused who was part of the mob that entered the monument.
When the accused was stopped by the security person, he attacked him
with a sword.
The events were captured on camera, a senior police
officer said.
Thousands of protesting farmers, who reached ITO from
the Ghazipur border, clashed with the police on Republic Day.
Many of
them, driving tractors, reached the Red Fort and entered the monument.
They hoisted flags on the domes and placed a flagstaff at the ramparts
of the national monument, where the national flag is unfurled by the
prime minister on Independence Day. -- PTI
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