Rail Traffic Blocked for 6 hours in Sirsa, Protest was peaceful

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Rail Traffic Blocked for 6 hours in Sirsa, Protest was peaceful.
Administration asks Media to report with Caution.

SIRSA NEWS

25 June, 2008

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Rail traffic was blocked at Sirsa railway station by protesting Sikhs for almost 6 hours. The Sikhs were demanding immediate arrest of Dera Sacha Sauda Chief, Gurmit Singh whose head quarters is in Sirsa.
Following a prayer at Gurdwara Daswi Patshahi, agitators proceeded towards Sirsa railway station, the Rewari-Fazilka train, which reached the station at around 10.40AM was stopped by the agitating Sikhs.

Deputy Commissioner Mr. V. Umashankar and S.P. Mr. K Venkat Ramana reached the railway station campus and tried to persuade the agitators for lifting of blockage, but the request was not conceded to. Members of the Peace Committee also were present on the Station.

Sikh leaders, clegies, Balwant Singh Nandgarh, Baljeet Singh Dadu, Sukhwinder Singh Khalsa, Sher Singh Mallewala, etc. addressed the congregation and said that the Dera Chief was committing crimes perpetually but the Government was giving a deaf ear to the demand made by not only just by Sikhs but others as well in the past to arrest the BABA , and that is why this time the Sikhs have to resort to blocking of rail tracks, this did pose difficulties to the passengers which is unavoidable but no other alternate protest was yielding any results.

Administration asks Media to report with Caution.

Before that on 23rd June, 2008, Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa Mr. V Umashankar addressed media persons at Panchayat Bhawan Sirsa and requested the media to report with caution. On the same day SP Sirsa Mr. K. Venkat Ramana also while talking to the media said that the situation in Sirsa was fully under control although all arrangements have been made to meet any eventuality and for that BSF and RAF companies have been called to Sirsa and deployed at strategic points.

Amidst denial by the administration about any knowledge of when the Baba was expected to arrive in Sirsa, the Baba reached Sirsa at about 12:30AM on 23rd June via Air route, reportedly in a chartered helicopter.
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