Ludhiana: Migrant labourers protesting
against the failure of police to register cases of robbery
on Friday blocked the National highway here for hours and set on
fire several vehicles.
The labourers held a protest demonstration and blocked
the Delhi-Ludhiana-Jalandhar National highway setting two cars
and two tempos on fire last night, police said.
Later, the migrants stoned a bus coming from Delhi
injuring two passengers at Dhandari this morning.
A car was also stoned, but the driver managed to speed
away from the spot, police added.
"Since the protestors were in large numbers we had to
fire around 10 rounds in the air to disperse the labourers,"
SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill said, adding reinforcements have
been rushed to the spot.
The situation was tense, but under control, he said.
The labourers are protesting against the failure of the
police to register cases in connection with three incidents of
snatching of cash from three labourers who had received their
wages during the week.
Labourers alleged that amounts ranging from Rs 2,000
to Rs 3,000 were snatched from them in first week of every
month, but the police had failed to register cases against the
miscreants.
PTI
First Published: Friday, December 04, 2009, 15:53