After over six hours of blockade, the visitors on the nationwide freeway right here was restored round 9 pm. The police had to make use of tear gasoline and cane- cost the protesters to get the street vacated.
A number of policemen, together with a DSP-rank officer, and protesters suffered accidents. A number of automobiles have been additionally broken.
Members and leaders of the Sikh neighborhood blocked visitors on the Amritsar-Delhi Nationwide Freeway in Ambala Cantonment, inflicting inconvenience to commuters as each lanes have been shut.
The protesters demanded motion towards Gursimran Singh Mand, nationwide president of the Worldwide Anti-Khalistani Terrorist Entrance, and sought the discharge of Sikh youths arrested in reference to an assault case.
Mand was allegedly assaulted close to Gurdwara Panjokhara Sahib on August 7. He, his son and two policemen sustained accidents within the incident, whereas his car was additionally broken. A case was registered on Mand’s criticism towards unidentified individuals.
Nevertheless, Sikh neighborhood leaders alleged that Mand had provoked the sangat. In the meantime, the Ambala police had arrested two people in reference to the case, and so they have been despatched to judicial custody on Wednesday.
Sad with the police motion and non-registration of an FIR towards Mand and his son, the Sikh neighborhood members on Thursday gathered at Gurdwara Panjokhra Sahib earlier than deciding to dam the freeway.
Though police had put in barricades to cease them, the protesters eliminated them and took completely different routes to achieve the Nationwide Freeway.
Tear gasoline was additionally used to cease the protesters; nonetheless, it didn’t cease them. In the course of the battle, HSGMC president Jagdish Singh Jhinda and one other youth suffered accidents, whereas BKU (Shaheed Bhagat Singh) spokesman Tejveer Singh was additionally taken to hospital for remedy.
Tejveer mentioned, “The neighborhood members needed to carry a peaceable protest to press their calls for however barricades have been put in and tear gasoline was used.”
In the meantime, on the request of the neighborhood members, an FIR has been registered towards Mand and his son.
