Hodal(Palwal), August 17 More than 1,000 persons of Hodal and its surrounding villages today blocked the Delhi-Agra national highway for about five hours in protest against police failure to stop lifting of cows by a mafia who trade in flesh of milch cattle. The trigger for the agitation was an alleged “misbehaviour” by personnel at the Hodal police station with residents of a nearby Gadhi Patti village who seized a vehicle and arrested its driver. The vehicle was splattered with blood and detained in the fields of the village this morning. The villagers suspected that the vehicle had come after transporting beef. They also suspected that the mafia was involved in cow trade in the area. The policemen cane-charged the driver when he was handed over to them by the villagers. However, the villagers asked the police to torture them. The police allegedly retorted back to them which led to the flare up. The villagers headed to Hassanpur Chowk and blocked traffic. Shopkeepers of the market downed their shutters and joined the protesters. INLD MLAs from Hodal and Palwal Jagdish Nayaar and Subash Chowdhary along with their activists and BJP leaders also took part in the agitation. The blockade was lifted after the Superintendent of Police of Palwal Jagat Singh Hooda acceded to their demands which included transfer of policemen.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 03:48:10 +0000
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