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.