Police drop tear gas on Indian farmers heading for New Delhi crop prices protest

Indian authorities deployed heavy security on Tuesday to stop thousands of protesting farmers who were marching towards New Delhi to renew their demands for assured crop prices (AP)

Indian police used tear gas and detained some farmers who tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi on Tuesday to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests, when they camped on the capital’s outskirts for more than a year.

Tear gas canisters were dropped on the protesting farmers from a drone at one of the border points that leads to New Delhi, where tens of thousands of farmers are heading on tractors and trucks.