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Two FIRs filed after Ambala highway blockade over Mand protest

Two FIRs filed after Ambala highway blockade over Mand protest
Haryana: Two FIRs filed day after protesters block national highway in Ambala · theprint.in

Some people in a city called Ambala were very upset because they believed a man named Gursimran Singh Mand tried to hurt people with his car.

They blocked a very big road called a national highway so cars could not pass.

The police came and asked them to move, but the road was blocked for about six hours.

Police used tear gas and sticks to clear the road.

Six police officers, including an important leader, got hurt during this.

After that, the police filed official complaints, called FIRs, against some of the protesters.

Sixteen people were named in one complaint, and most of them belong to a Sikh committee called HSGMC.

The president of that committee, Jagdish Singh Jhinda, was also named.

The police used several laws to make these complaints, including laws about hurting people and damaging public property.

Key facts

FIRs filed
2
Police stations
Baldev Nagar and Panjokhra
People named in Baldev Nagar case
16
HSGMC president named
Jagdish Singh Jhinda
Protest location
NH-44, Ambala Cantonment
Duration of blockade
About 6 hours
Police personnel injured
Around 6, including a deputy superintendent of police
Laws invoked
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, National Highways Act, Arms Act
Alleged incident
Gursimran Singh Mand assaulted outside Gurdwara Shri Panjokhra Sahib on August 5

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