At least 370 policemen were injured, some of them seriously, during the violence by farmers that took place on Republic Day this year. This was revealed in an RTI reply to Vivek Pandey, an activist. Farmers had staged massive protests against the three farm laws in Delhi on Republic Day when they broke through police barricades on their tractors. Vivek Pandey had asked five questions in the RTI -- How many vehicles were burnt during the violence? What was the total loss of property and the amount of the loss? How many policemen were injured in clash between farmers and the police? And finally, how many farmers were injured in the clash?

As per the reply given in the RTI, around 370 police personnel were injured in the clash between the farmers and the police. Although all the policemen were admitted to hospitals in Delhi and treated, some police personnel sustained serious injuries. After the clash on Republic Day, several videos went viral on social media, in which policemen were seen saving their lives by jumping into the ditch below the rear walls of the Red Fort. The RTI mentions that maximum damage was done to the barricades and as many as 200 of them were damaged and each barricade costs around Rs 17,000.