183 people arrested in connection with farmers protest are out on bail

News Desk: The Center on Wednesday informed Parliament that a total of 183 people had been arrested by Delhi Police till July 20 in connection with farmers’ protest and all of them are currently out on bail. The Ministry of Home Affairs also told the Rajya Sabha that none of the accused was booked under stringent laws like Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and sedition.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said “As per Delhi Police, the provisions of sedition or any other anti-terror law such as UAPA have not been invoked in any of the cases registered against protesting farmers”