Buses Stopped from Crossing Gujarat Border, UP-bound Migrants Pelt Stones at Police

Agitated migrants clashed with police and indulged in stone-pelting after buses were stopped in Vadodara as they did not have permits to proceed.

Vadodara| On Saturday, migrants who were being taken to Uttar Pradesh from Gujarat pelted stones on Gujarat police after their buses were stopped at a check post in Vadodara and not permitted to move further due to administrative issues, officials said.

The buses were stopped at Halol check post near Waghodia in Vadodara as they did not have permissions to proceed, after which agitated workers clashed with police and indulged in stone-pelting, an official said.

A Waghodia police station official said that the buses were stopped due to lack of valid passes for onward journey to Uttar Pradesh. Some migrants protested and threw stones, and we had to resort to mild baton charge to control the situation.”

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Unidentified persons have been charged under IPC sections pertaining to rioting, unlawful assembly, voluntarily causing hurt, as well as provisions of the Disaster Management Act.

However, no arrests have been made, he added.

Officials said several migrant labourers who were on their way from Surat to Uttar Pradesh have been stopped en route in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh as the UP administration is yet to give them permission to enter.

Gujarat has 5,054 cases of highly infectious coronavirus, second highest in the country

The total cases in India surged to 39,980 including 10,633 cured/discharged/migrated and 1,301 deaths amid lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.

In the past 24 hours, 83 casualties were recorded, highest so far.

A staggering 2,644 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the last 24 hours.

(Inputs from PTI)