A legislator was among approximately a dozen people briefly taken into custody on Thursday while en route to blocking railway tracks as part of the ongoing crusade against the transfer of the Superintendent of Police (SP) who was investigating a multi-crore scam in the wake of demonetisation.
“locals and social bodies had warned of obstructing trains from today. Bahoriband MlA Saurabh Singh and the others were subsequently released on bail,” Additional SP Pramod Sonkar said. This town’s populace took to the streets three days back against Gaurav Tiwari being reassigned to Chhindwara on account of “political” pressure. People are adamant over staging the rail roko on Monday. A Katni bandh was observed on Wednesday. Tiwari battled the wood mafia during his tenure as SP, Balaghat.