Dynamite News National: Migrant pelt stones at police, public in Ahmedabad
Nearly 100 migrant workers gathered on a busy road connecting IIM Ahmedabad with Vastrapur area here on Monday and pelted stones at police and people passing by during the lockdown, an official said.
Ahmedabad: Nearly 100 migrant workers gathered on a busy road connecting IIM Ahmedabad with Vastrapur area here on Monday and pelted stones at police and people passing by during the lockdown, an official said.
A local claimed the migrant workers were demanding that they be allowed to go back to their native places.
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Police lobbed teargas shells to disperse the rioters and detained several suspects, an official from the city police control room said.
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Nearly 100 migrants suddenly came on the road in the morning and engaged in indiscriminate stone-pelting, he said.
They hurled stones at the police and people passing by in vehicles, he said.
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On getting information about the incident, a large police force was rushed to the spot.
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The police lobbed teargas shells to disperse the mob and brought the situation under control, the official said.
Combining operation was underway at a labourers' settlement nearby to nab the culprits hiding in the area, he said, adding several suspects were detained from the spot.