Haryana Police has decided to cancel the passports and visas of farmer protesters involved in violence, and those who have damaged public properties along the Punjab-Haryana border.
Announcing the major crackdown against the ongoing farmers’ protest, DSP Ambala Joginder Sharma said, “We will request the Ministry and embassy to cancel their visas and passports. Their photos, name and address will be given to the passport office. We are working on canceling their passports.”
He added that the protesters coming to Haryana from Punjab in the name of farmers’ protest, and indulging violence have been identified with the help of CCTV and drone cameras.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the agitation to press the Centre to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee on minimum support price for crops and farm loan waiver.
Farmers, mostly from Punjab, taking part in the agitation have been camping at the Shambhu and the Khanauri border points.
Farmer leaders have said the protesters will continue to camp at Khanauri and Shambhu till February 29 when the next course of action will be decided
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