Bilkis Dadi, the octogenarian who was the face of the months-long anti-citizenship law protest in the national Capital and featured in the Time magazine, was on Tuesday stopped by the Delhi Police personnel at the Singhu Border where thousands of farmers have been demonstrating against the centre’s new farm laws, officials said.
Bilkis, popularly known as the Shaheen Bagh Dadi, had expressed her willingness to join the farmers’ protest at the Delhi-Haryana border at Singhu.
Soon after she reached the border point to extend her support to the agitating farmers, she was stopped by Delhi Police personnel at the border. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Gaurav Sharma said, “She is a senior citizen and due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we stopped her at the
Singhu Border and requested her to return for her own safety and bettermentâ€.
“To avoid any kind of any inconvenience to her, she was escorted by the police team to her home in southeast Delhi,†he said.
