Iron nails studded on roads at Ghazipur border to restrict the movement of farmers agitating against the new agri laws are being “repositioned”, a senior police officer said on Thursday. The statement comes after videos and photos of workers removing the nails near Ghazipur border surfaced on social media.

Several workers were deployed on Thursday morning for pulling out the iron nails. “The nails fixed over that point are being repositioned because that was a spot where people wouldn’t venture earlier. But now that some people are around that point, we fear that the nails could be dangerous for them. So, just to ensure their safety, we are removing them from there and fixing them elsewhere,” said Deepak Yadav, DCP (East).

Iron nails were studded on roads, multi-layer iron and concrete barricades, concertina wires were fixed in Ghazipur on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border as a large number of security personnel were deployed. The stringent action was taken days after thousands of farmers camping for the past two and half months to agitate against Centre’s agricultural legislation stormed the national capital during their tractor rally on January 26.

Many video clips and photographs also surfaced on social media showing protesters clashing with the security personnel and hoisting the religious flag on the Red Fort.