Police Have Not Obstructed Borders: Delhi Top Cop Rakesh Asthana To NDTV

Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana, in an interview with NDTV, said tents have been put up on the other side of the border (by farmers) due to which the roads are closed.

Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana today said the police "have not closed the roads" to the national capital and it is the protesting farmers who have put up tents at the border which are blocking the routes.

In an interview with NDTV today, the top cop said, "We have not closed the road to Delhi. When there was a law and order problem, the barricading was done in Delhi, it was necessary. Since then tents have been put up on the other side of the border due to which the roads are closed".

A large number of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at the Delhi borders since November 26 last year, demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws.

Mr Asthana said the Delhi Police are in touch with farmer leaders and the Haryana and Uttar Pradesh police officials are also in contact. "We are trying to solve this problem and resume traffic. I hope this barricading will also be removed very soon, farmers will also move and traffic will resume," he added.