Police on Tuesday baton-charged people outside Ghaziabad banks as they protested non-availability of sufficient cash, leading to blocking of a National Highway in the district.
People queued outside ICICI and Punjab National Bank branches here shouted slogans when officials said all the cash lying with them had been disbursed. Police used force to control the protesters.
later, the protesters organised a sit-in on National Highway 24 at Dasna town in Ghaziabad district to protest the police action.
Police again used force to restore traffic on the national highway, but protesters later parked oxen-driven carts and tractors on the highway and held another sit-in.
However after the police succeeded in removing public from the NH-24, the people parked their cattle carts and tractors on the highway and resumed the protest.
The situation was brought under control only after senior officials managed to convince the people to end the blockade. The residents removed cattle carts and tractors agreed to leave NH-24 after police officers promised action.
The other parts of the city also witnessed heavy public rush outside the banks. It was long queue outside ICICI, IDBDI and Syndicate bank in Raj Nagar District Centre in the heart of city. Scuffles and heated exchanges were reported outside Punjab National Bank and Allahabad bank branches in Navyug Market.
“Earlier in the day there was a law and order issue after people started shouting for not getting cash. The situation is now under control,” Senior Superintendant of Police (SSP) Salman Taj Patil told
The Pioneer.