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BANDH COMPLETE, SIKHS TAKE OUT PROTEST MARCH
24 July, 2008
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THE BANDH call given by the Sant Samaj evoked a massive response here today and all shops, business establishments, teaching institutions and even eateries and tea stalls remained closed from early morning. All government offices, Banks and other financial institutions however remained open and functioned normally. Power and water supply and Traffic on the roads remained normal. Elaborate Security arrangements were made by the District Administration and since early morning the Police and para Military forces started flag marches on all the streets of the town which was continuing till filing of this news. All entry points to the district were barricaded and every vehicle and its owners were checked and frisked before being allowed inside the district. The local Dera Sacha Sauda and the local Dasham Patshahi Gurudwara were heavily guarded and Nakas and barricades were put on all roads leading to both these places to ensure that no untoward incident happens. Similar reports of the bandh were received from Ellenabad, Dabwali, Kalanwali, and Rania towns of the district. Till writing of the news no untoward incident was reported from any where in the district.
SIKHS TAKE OUT PROTEST MARCH.
THOUSANDS OF Sikhs led by Sukhvinder Singh the president of Haryana Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Sabha today took out a protest march and handed over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner demanding immediate arrest of the Dera chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh. They started from the local Gurudwara Daswin Patshahi and after passing through the main streets arrived at the Lal Batti chowk, where the Deputy Commissioner received the memorandum. On the way they were chanting ‘Satnam Waheguru’ only. The entire route of the protesters was heavily guarded by the police and Para-military forces to ward off any unwanted incident.
BANDH WAS IMPOSED ON THE PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR WILL……..DERA SACHA SAUDA.
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PAWAN INSAN a spokesman of the Dera Sacha Sauda has, through a press released issued here today alleged that today’s Bandh was imposed upon the people against their will. He said that the Sikhs who took out the march here today were fully armed which gave a wrong signal to the peace loving people who felt terrorized. He further alleged that common man including the shopkeepers kept their establishments closed out of fear of the repercussions at the hands of anti-social elements in case they dared to keep their shops open. Pawan also alleged that the police and other forces remained mute spectators to the coercion of these forces.
Report: Dr OP Bansal
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