250 held for blocking train in support of farmers’ protest
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250 held for blocking train in support of farmers’ protest
Description
THANJAVUR: Police arrested 250 protesters including five women after they carried out a rail blockade on Saturday and attempted to besiege the central excise office in support of the farmers protesting in Delhi. Members of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) also staged a demonstration near head post office demanding withdrawal of the recently passed three agriculture laws. CPI members conducted a signature campaign explaining about a sit-in protest planned from December 14 at the collector’s office. Headed by P Maniarasan, coordinator of Cauvery Rights Retrieval (CRR) Committee, around 200 people tried to lay siege to the office of the assistant commissioner of GST and Central Excise. However, police posted there intercepted them and asked them to disperse. When the protesters blocked the medical college road preventing vehicular traffic, police removed 150 of them including four women. A group of members of CRR Committee blocked the Trichy-Chennai Cholan Express at Budalur. Government Railway Police rushed to the spot and arrested 100 protesters. The AIDWA members raised slogans against the farm laws terming them destructive to farming.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-12-13
Coverage
Trichy