The farmers have kept the body and wrapped a national flag around it. They claim that the tractor had overturned after police fired at it.
The protesters have, meanwhile, entered the Red Fort and waved flags from the ramparts. A few of them even climbed one of the poles installed on the premises and hoisted their flags.
Traffic was affected in several parts of the national capital on Tuesday due to the farmers’ tractor rally.
The entry and exit gates of Samaypur Badli, Rohini Sector 18/19, Haiderpur Badli Mor, Jahangir Puri, Adarsh Nagar, Azadpur, Model Town, GTB Nagar, Vishwavidyalaya, Vidhan Sabha and Civil Lines, ITO, and Indraprastha metro stations were also closed as a precautionary measure.
They also drove their tractors on both carriageways of major roads of central Delhi.
A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus was vandalized and at least two police vehicles were damaged in Singh.
Rakesh Tikait, spokesperson of one of the participating farmer groups Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) said that they wanted to conduct a peaceful tractor rally but the confusion over the route to be followed led to chaos.
The Delhi Police had given permission to farmers protesting against the three farm laws to hold their tractor parade on selected routes only after the conclusion of the official Republic Day parade on the Rajpath.
