Man handed over to police by farmer leaders being quizzed

AAP activists take part in a motorcycle rally held in support of farmers who are continuing their protest against the central government’s recent agricultural reforms in Amritsar on Saturday. Pic/AFP

A man, who was presented by protesting farmer leaders before reporters at the Singhu border on Friday night as they alleged that a conspiracy was hatched to kill four of them and create disturbance during their proposed tractor parade in Delhi on January 26, is being quizzed by the Haryana police in Sonipat, officials said on Saturday.

A police official from Sonipat said the man, stated to be around 21 years of age, was being quizzed by the Crime Branch of the state police. He said the man was residing in Sonipat and had no previous criminal record.

"He was not carrying any arms or ammunition. We are questioning him, but nothing has so far been found that points to any kind of conspiracy, as is being alleged," the official said, adding that further investigations are underway.

Meanwhile, farmer leaders claimed that the Delhi Police ave permission to protesting farmer unions to hold their tractor parades on January 26 in the national capital.

The tractor parades will start from the Ghazipur, Singhu and Tikri border points of Delhi, but details were to be finalised late Saturday night, farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar said after a meeting with the police.