Most migrants were from city: UT SSP

Chandigarh, May 14

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The UT Police have claimed that majority of migrants who reached the ISBT, Sector 43, on Wednesday and later, took to the roads were from Chandigarh.

A large number of migrants were not registered to travel back home and those who came from neighbouring cities had some SMSs in their mobile phones, which gave them false impression that it was a valid pass, said the police.

The police officials said a team led by ASP (South) Neha Yadav, randomly cross checked a lot of 500 people and only 21 were found to be from outside and they had SMS from the Chandigarh NIC.

“It was claimed that people entered Chandigarh from neighbouring cities. However, after verification it came out that the majority of the people were residing in the city. A few who came from outside had SMS which gave them an illusion that it was a valid pass,” said Senior Superintendent of Police Nilambari Jagdale.

“Many Chandigarh-based migrants without knowing that registration SMS was not enough for their travel, reached the ISBT, Sector-43,” said the police officials.

Officials said public address system was used to pacify migrants and they did not resort to any use of force.

Numerous migrants who failed to show valid SMS were a harried lot and reportedly left the city for their respective states on foot. — TNS