Police came down heavily against protesting members of Punjab Roadways and PRTC Contract Employees’ Union for stopping operation of passenger buses for two hours on Friday and lodged FIRs against them on Saturday.
The FIR has been lodged following the statement of Rajiv Datta, general manager of Amar Shaheed Sukhdev Thapar Interstate Bus Terminal. According to Datta, the strike led to harassment of passengers.
The Division number 5 police lodged an FIR against unidentified members of the union under Sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of Indian Penal Code.
Similarly, based on the complaint of Jaspreet Singh, general manager at Jagraon bus depot, an FIR has been lodged against the protesters under Sections 342 (wrongful confinement), 186 and 188 of IPC.
Sign on to read the HT ePaper epaper.hindustantimes.com