Chandigarh, February 09, 2023 (PPI-OT):Dozens of people including policemen were injured during clashes between the police and protesters in Chandigarh city of the Indian state of Punjab. People from various parts of Punjab under the banner of the ‘Qaumi Insaf Morcha’ have been staging a protest at the YPS Chowk near the Chandigarh-Mohali border since January 7 to seek the release of Sikh prisoners in jails across India. The protesters tried to march towards the official residence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh.
Police had put up barricades near the Chandigarh-Mohali border to prevent the protesters from moving towards Chief Minister’s residence. When the protesters tried to force their way through the barricades, the police used brute force and water cannon to disperse them, triggering clashes. Dozens of people including 30 cops were injured and several vehicles were damaged in the clashes.
The protesters are seeking justice in the 2015 sacrilege and police-firing incidents in Farid Kot. For the last two days, they have been trying to go to Chandigarh but were detained by police.
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