New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd as thousands of farmers gathered at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border in the second leg of their protests against the central government, media reports said.

Countering the tear gas, youngsters with wet clothes tried to reach the border to remove cement barricades which were in place.

Clashes between the farmers and police started after the peasants tried to break the barricade and cross the heavy security which was in place at Punjab-Haryana border.

In the national capital, massive deployment of police and paramilitary personnel, besides multi-layered barricading have been made to seal the city at Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur.

They discussed repealing the Electricity Ac...