About 80 migrant workers, mostly from Odisha, were detained for allegedly going on a rampage and setting many handcarts afire in Surat in Gujarat, demanding that they be allowed to return to native places during the lockdown.
Sources said hundreds of migrant workers, stranded in Surat due the lockdown, torched handcarts and tyres in the Laksana area of the city on Friday night.
Police personnel were soon deployed in large numbers in the area and the situation was brought under control.
The workers alleged that the food served to them by an NGO is tasteless and they have to stand in queue to get the meal.
On March 30, over 90 migrant labourers had been arrested in Surat city for defying the nationwide lockdown and attacking police over a similar issue.