The Hindu : Bandh against lathicharge

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Wednesday, Oct 23, 2002

Southern States

Southern States - Andhra Pradesh

Bandh against lathicharge

By Our Staff Reporter

KAMAREDDY OCT. 22. A bandh was observed in Kamareddy town and Bhikanoor mandal headquarters on Tuesday in response to a call given by the Telangana Rastra Samiti against the lathicharge on ryots at Bhikanoor yesterday while protesting against the restriction on transportation of black jaggery in the State.

Shops and business establishments, educational institutions, banks and financial institutions were closed. The bandh was total in Kamareddy and Bhikanoor mandals. The Kamareddy police took into preventive custody activists of the TRS and the Congress who tried to enforce bandh in Kamareddy town.

Bhikanoor mandal headquarters observed bandh for the second day today. Some RTC buses on the national highway were off the road for some time even as police personnel patrolled the town and highway to thwart bid by leaders to try and enforce bandh.

Even as the TRS and other political parties had given a call for the bandh to protest against the lathicharge on ryots, the police swung into action and arrested 50 persons identified as accused in the violence that was unleashed by the agitators at Bhikanoor yesterday afternoon during the visit of four Ministers to the Kamareddy Assembly constituency. Several TRS, Congress and BJP leaders were picked by the police in connection with the incident.

The Kamareddy division police managed to identify 84 accused in the violence.

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