Dalit protest against SC/ST law hacks normal life in Punjab

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Apr 02, 2018, 07:35 PM

Dalit protest against SC/ST law hacks normal life in Punjab

Chandigarh, April 2: Normal life was crippled across Punjab and Haryana on Monday as activists from various Scheduled Castes (SC) organisations held protests against the dilution of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act following a Supreme Court order.

The police cane-charged and used force at a few places to disperse the crowds and ensure the day passes off peacefully.

Hundreds of protesters carrying swords, sticks, baseball bats and flags forced shops and other establishments in Jalandhar, Amritsar and Bathinda to shut down. The Punjab Police cane-charged protesters in Bathinda.However, no major incident of violence was reported from either of the states.

Protests were reported from Ferozepur, Mansa, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur in Punjab.

According to reports, some protesters stopped trains at a couple of places in Punjab but relented after talks with railway officials.