WATCH: Farmers break barricades at Jantar Mantar to join wrestlers' protest

Members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union on Monday clashed with the cops at Jantar Mantar where the wrestlers have been protesting against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

The video shared by news agency PTI showed the farmers breaking the barricades and trying to reach the protest venue.

Photo Credit: Farmers break police barricade as they arrive to join wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

"A group of farmers were escorted to Delhi's Jantar Mantar. As the farmers were in hurry to reach the protest site, they climbed on the barricades which fell down. They later removed the barricades," the Delhi Police said in a statement.

The police also urged the farmers to remain peaceful and abide by the law.

The Delhi police stepped up security arrangements at Jantar Mantar and in border areas of the city. Vehicles entering Delhi were being checked and pickets were increased at Delhi-Ghazipur, Tikri and Singhu borders.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Saturday announced a nationwide protest in support of the wrestlers who have been protesting at Jantar Mantar against Brij Bhushan.

The farmers union also demanded the immediate arrest of Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by some of the women wrestlers.

On Thursday, a group of farmers coming to Delhi to visit Jantar Mantar was stopped by the police at the Singhu border, with officials saying 24 of them had been detained.

Top Indian wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia have been protesting at Jantar Mantar since April 23, demanding the arrest of Brij Bhushan Sharan and his sacking from the post in wake of sexual harassment allegations against him by women grapplers.

On April 28, the Delhi police registered two FIRs against Singh on the basis of complaints filed by seven women wrestlers, including a minor.

The wrestlers set a May 21 deadline to the Centre for accepting their demands.

Meanwhile, WFI chief Singh on Sunday appealed to farmers not to make the 'mistake' and wait for the outcome of the probe, this amid the Samyukta Kisan Morcha extending support to the wrestlers' protest against him.