Migrants clash with cops at Delhi border

Sanjay Yadav

Gurugram, May 20

The Gurugram police booked over 50 persons and nabbed three for allegedly attacking the police with stones at Palam Vihar border today.

Today morning, hundreds of people marched towards the city trying to enter from Kapasera and Bijwasan border. Claiming to be workers of industrial units in the Udyog Vihar area, these people, who were not carrying any valid pass, tried to cross the border and ended up having an altercation with the local police.

They allegedly tried to enter, but were stopped by the police. The cops guarding the borders sustained minor injuries in the stone-pelting.

They claimed that despite having a checkpoint, the Delhi Police did not stop the mob. “All industrial workers have been issued passes. As per our information, the workers will be lodged in the city by the industries. They had no I-cards, no passes and were entering forcibly. We have no orders to let them in. So we stopped them and they attacked us,” alleged inspector Devender Singh, SHO of Udyog Vihar police station, who was at the spot.

On the complaint of police naka incharge SI Dharambir, an FIR has been registered against the migrants at Palam Vihar police station.

“Six accused have been identified and three out of them have been nabbed,” said inspector Rajender Singh, SHO of Palam Vihar police station.

2 lakh sent home so far

• Five Shramik trains left from Haryana for Katihar and Bhagalpur in Bihar and Damoh, Sagar and Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh with nearly 7,000 migrant labourers on Wednesday
• A spokesman said 6,000 labourers were also sent to their destinations in UP through 200 buses
• ADGP(CID) Anil Kumar Rao said 2,06,763 labourers had been sent by trains and buses to their home states at the expenditure of the Haryana Govt, including 1,08,728 to UP and 47,530 to Bihar