Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Administration Committee (HSGMC) president Jagdish Singh Jhinda, about six police personnel, together with a DSP, and a number of other protesters have been injured after the police resorted to a cane cost and used tear gasoline to disperse members and leaders of the Sikh group who blocked the visitors on the Amritsar-Delhi Nationwide Freeway in Ambala Cantonment on Thursday.
A number of autos have been additionally broken. After over six hours of blockade, the police managed to revive visitors round 9 pm. The protesters have been demanding motion towards Gursimran Singh Mand, nationwide president of the Worldwide Anti-Khalistani Terrorist Entrance, and sought the discharge of two youths arrested in reference to an assault case.
An FIR was registered towards Gursimran Mand and his son.
Sad with the police motion, the Sikh group members gathered on the gurdwara immediately and determined to dam the freeway. Although the police had put in barricades, they eliminated them and took completely different routes to achieve the freeway.
BKU (Shaheed Bhagat Singh) spokesman Tejveer Singh mentioned, “We needed to carry a peaceable protest, however barricades have been put in and tear gasoline was used. The police motion was taken close to a college, attributable to which college students and their dad and mom additionally confronted inconvenience.”
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DGP Ajay Singhal meets the injured police personnel.
Mand was allegedly assaulted close to Gurdwara Panjokhra Sahib on August 7. He, his son and two policemen had sustained accidents, and his car was additionally broken. A case was registered on Mand’s criticism towards unidentified individuals. Nevertheless, Sikh leaders alleged that he had provoked the sangat.
In the meantime, on the request of the group members, an FIR was registered towards Mand and his son on the criticism of Surinder Singh, who had suffered accidents after being hit by a automobile pushed by Mand’s son. Nevertheless, the sangat refused to raise the blockade and demanded the discharge of the arrested youths and the instant arrest of Mand and his son.
Ambala SP Ajit Singh Shekhawat mentioned makes an attempt have been made to influence the protesters to raise the blockade, however they refused. As per preliminary report, round six policemen suffered severe accidents. A DSP was injured after he was attacked with a ‘farsa’, he mentioned.
The protesters have been carrying swords and different sharp-edged weapons. Pressure was used after they began concentrating on the police, the SP said. “Their essential demand relating to the registration of an FIR towards Mand was accepted, but they refused to raise the blockade,” he added.
