Palanpur: Three injured in police lathi-charge, Congress MLAs among hundreds detained

PALANPUR: At least three persons were injured after police baton charged protesters supporting the Bharat bandh, while 150 others were detained in Patan district on Tuesday. The bandh call received mixed response in north Gujarat districts where Congress party has a stronghold.
According to Congress Patan MLA Kirit Patel, those injured in police baton charging were farmers, and they have been hospitalized.
He said that they have filed a complaint against the police for their high-handedness.
Though there was a lukewarm response to the nation-wide bandh call in Mehsana, 59 Congress activists were detained there.
Other places like Becharji, Vadnagar, Kukarwada witnessed scuffle between the farmers and police. In Kadi protesters had cut trees to block roads.
In Bhiloda taluka of Aravalli district tyres of bus were deflated. Talod taluka of Sabarkantha also witnessed mixed response.
In Palanpur, Tharad, Vav, Danta and other places, at least 40 persons were detained which included Tharad MLA Gulabsinh Rajput, Vav MLA Ganiben Thakor and Danta MLA Kanti Kharadi.Banaskantha district Congress chief Dinesh Gadhvi too was detained.
In Danta, protesters burnt tyres on roads to stop traffic. Though the APMCs in North Gujarat remained opened, no business transacted.