Iron nails fixed on roads at Ghazipur border being 'repositioned': Delhi Police clarifies

Delhi Police on Thursday clarified that iron nails studded on roads at Ghazipur border to restrict movement of protesting farmers are being "repositioned."  statement comes after videos and photos of workers removing nails near Ghazipur border surfaced on social media.

'Nails are just being repositioned' 

Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Deepak Yadav asserted that security arrangements at border will remain same. "Videos and photos are getting circulated in which it is shown that nails are being taken off at Ghazipur. se are just being repositioned. Security arrangement at border remains same," he said.

Delhi Police recently cemented nails near barricades at Ghazipur (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh) and Tikri (Delhi-Haryana) borders. Barbed wire and cement barricades have been planted on roads. Drones have also been deployed to monitor protesters.

Earlier in day, opposition leaders including Saugata Roy, Supriya Sule, Kanimozhi and Harsimrat Kaur Badal reached Ghazipur border to meet protesting farmers. However, y were stopped by police. 

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'Concrete walls at protest sites won't help'

Meanwhile, former PM and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) MP HD Devegowda on Thursday during Rajya Sabha session condemned violence on Republic Day and said that Centre's decision to put concrete walls at farmers' protest sites won't help. "We condemn actions of certain miscreants on Republic Day, but farmers are t responsible for it. y should t be punished. Centre's decision to put concrete walls at protest sites won't help. government must end matter peacefully," he said.

"Farmers are t at all responsible for Republic Day incident some anti-social elements are. matter is a state subject, it's in concurrent list. State government's opinion also has to be taken," JD(S) leader said.

Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been camping at Delhi's borders for weeks, seeking a repeal of three agriculture laws. y claim that new laws will weaken minimum support price (MSP) system. But Centre says laws will only give farmers more options to sell ir produce.

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(With ncy inputs)