Water cannon vehicles have also been deployed at the Shambhu border point. The Haryana Police asked the farmers not to proceed further, citing a prohibitory order clamped by the Ambala administration under BNS Section 163, which restricts unlawful assembly of five or more in the district. The Haryana government on Friday suspended mobile internet services in 11 villages in Ambala from December 6-9 as a precautionary measure.Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher claimed that five to six protesters were injured. He later announced the suspension of the march for the day and said the injured farmers were taken to a hospital. “We have called back the jatha for today in view of the injuries suffered by a few farmers,” he said, adding that the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha would decide the next course of action after a meeting.The farmers have been demanding that the Centre give them a legal guarantee for MSP. They have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, when their march to Delhi was stopped by security forces.
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