During the Republic Day riots, one rioter Navreet had died after the tractor he was driving to break police barricades turned turtle. Tharoor and others tweeted that he died after Delhi Police shot at him.
Punia, who works with the far-left propaganda website 'The Caravan' and Junputh, was moving through roadblocks and trying to remove the barricades when he misbehaved the police.
As per reports, Centre has asked Delhi Police, which falls under the Union Home Ministry, to issue look out notice against 20 'farmer' leaders who have been named in multiple FIRs registered after the Republic Day mayhem