Farmers camp outside govt offices in Haryana's Karnal after talks fail, ban on mobile internet services extended

About 10 protesters were hurt in the clash with police in Karnal on August 28, as they tried to march towards the venue of a BJP meeting. Their leaders also claimed that a farmer died later, an allegation rejected by the administration.

Karnal: Hundreds of protesting farmers are camping outside the gates of the district headquarters in Karnal after talks with Haryana's BJP-led government over a police lathi-charge last month failed. The gherao began in the evening on Tuesday, several hours after farmers from Haryana and neighbouring states reached Karnal's New Anaj Mandi for a mahapanchayat, riding tractors and motorcycles. Marching on foot from the mahapanchayat venue to the mini-secretariat five kilometres away, farmers faced a water cannon as they neared the complex.  They jumped some barricades, but there was no other serious confrontation with police along the way.