2 weeks ago
Two FIRs filed after Ambala highway blockade over Mand protest
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.
Two FIRs were registered in Ambala, Haryana, after protesters blocked NH-44 demanding action against International Anti-Khalistani Terrorist Front chief Gursimran Singh Mand.
HSGMC president Jagdish Singh Jhinda is among those named, and most of the 16 people named in the Baldev Nagar police station case are associated with the HSGMC.
The blockade lasted about six hours before police used tear gas and lathi-charge to restore traffic, and around six personnel including a deputy superintendent of police were injured.
The cases were lodged under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the National Highways Act and the Arms Act.
The protest followed allegations that Mand attempted to run over people with his car on August 5 and his subsequent assault outside Gurdwara Shri Panjokhra Sahib.
- Who
- Haryana Police, protesters associated with the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, and International Anti-Khalistani Terrorist Front chief Gursimran Singh Mand
- What
- Two FIRs were filed after protesters blocked NH-44 demanding action against Mand, with police using tear gas and lathi-charge to clear the highway
- Where
- Ambala Cantonment on NH-44 (Delhi-Amritsar National Highway) in Ambala, Haryana
- When
- The FIRs were filed a day after the blockade, with the article dated August 14
- Why
- Protesters alleged that Mand attempted to run over people with his car on August 5 and demanded a case against him
Sikh Community Protesters
Haryana Police / Authorities
Case against Mand
Sikh Community Protesters
Sikh community leaders demanded that a case be registered against Gursimran Singh Mand, alleging he attempted to run over people with his car on August 5.
Haryana Police / Authorities
Police filed FIRs against the protesters instead, naming HSGMC president Jagdish Singh Jhinda and others under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, National Highways Act and Arms Act.
Policing of the protest
Sikh Community Protesters
Community members held dharnas to protest the detention of two Sikh youths linked to the assault on Mand, opposing the police action against them.
Haryana Police / Authorities
Police stated the mob launched an attack as darkness fell, injuring around six personnel, and that tear gas and lathi-charge were needed to restore traffic after six hours.
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










