BREAKING: Ambala NH-44 Clash Turns Violent, DSP Among Police Personnel Injured

Ambala
wit essed
a
d amatic
escalatio
late
Thu sday
as
a
highway
p otest
tu ed
i to
a
viole t
co f o tatio
betwee
police
a d
demo st ato s.
Natio al
Highway
44
emai ed
blocked
fo
ea ly
six
hou s,
c eati g
majo
t affic
dis uptio
o
o e
of
Ha ya a& squo;s
busiest
outes.
The
p otest
bega
afte
Sikh
g oups
gathe ed
ove
the
a est
of
two
youths
a d
aised
dema ds
co ected
to
the
ece t
Gu sim a
Si gh
Ma d
case.
Police
officials
held
seve al
ou ds
of
discussio s
with
p oteste s
a d
appealed
fo
the
highway
to
be
clea ed.
Howeve ,
the
blockade
co ti ued
despite
epeated
egotiatio s.
As
da k ess
fell,
the
situatio
became
i c easi gly
te se
a d
police
moved
to
dispe se
the
gathe i g.
Secu ity
pe so el
fi ed
tea
gas
shells
a d
used
lathicha ge
to
push
p oteste s
away
f om
the
highway.
Du i g
the
ope atio ,
seve al
police
office s
we e
epo tedly
attacked
with
sha p-edged
weapo s.
DSP
Vi e de
Sha ma
suffe ed
a
seve e
i ju y
to
his
thumb,
while
othe
police
pe so el
also
sustai ed
i ju ies
a d
we e
take
to
hospital
fo
t eatme t.
Autho ities
said
a med
eleme ts
withi
the
c owd
allegedly
attacked
office s
a d
obst ucted
effo ts
to
move
vehicles
f om
the
blocked
highway.
Police
also
exp essed
co ce
afte
a
gas
ta ke
became
t apped
amid
the
blockade.
Afte
a
p olo ged
ope atio ,
t affic
moveme t
o
NH-44
was
esto ed
at
a ou d
9:15
pm.
A
heavy
police
p ese ce
emai ed
at
the
locatio
as
officials
wo ked
to
stabilize
the
situatio
a d
ide tify
those
allegedly
i volved
i
the
attacks.

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