Chandigarh: Authorities in Haryana sounded a high alert in the state and said anyone taking law into one’s hands will be dealt with strictly, after a tractor march meant to highlight farmers’ demands dissolved into anarchy on the streets of the national capital on Tuesday.
Mobile internet services were also suspended in three Haryana districts of Sonipat, Jhajjar and Palwal until 5 pm Wednesday.
In view of the violent incidents in several areas during the farmers’ tractor parade in Delhi, Haryana Director General of Police Manoj Yadava said a ‘high alert’ has been sounded in the state.
Haryana’s Home Secretary Rajeev Arora said the order is issued to prevent any disturbance of peace and public order in the districts.
The order comes into force immediately and will remain in effect till 5 pm of January 27, he said.
He said the order covers internet services (2G/ 3G/4G/CDMA/GPRS), all SMS services (excluding banking and mobile recharge) and “all dongle services etc provided on mobile networks except voice calls in territorial jurisdiction of district Sonipat, Palwal and Jhajjar of Haryana State”.
He asked all telecom service providers in Haryana including the Head of BSNL (Haryana jurisdiction) to ensure compliance.
The three Haryana districts lie adjoining the national capital.
High alert in Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh also ordered a high alert in his state and said violence during the farmers’ tractor parade in Delhi “was unacceptable”.
The chief minister condemned the incidents that took place at the historic Red Fort and urged the farmers to immediately vacate the national capital and return to the borders, where they had been protesting peacefully for the past two months.
Singh ordered a high alert in Punjab amid the tension and violence in Delhi, and directed Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta to ensure that law and order in the state is not deteriorated at any cost.
Expressing grave concern over the situation unfolding in the national capital, the Punjab chief minister said the violence was apparently triggered by some people who violated the rules laid down for the tractor march through mutual agreement between the Delhi Police and the farmer unions.
The chief minister condemned the incidents that took place at the historic Red Fort and urged the farmers to immediately vacate the national capital and return to the borders, where they had been protesting peacefully for the past two months.
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