Cops lathicharge migrants in Guntur as they set off towards home

Police in Guntur lathicharged scores of migrant labourers who tried to leave for their home states on bicycles, just a day after they were provided accommodation on the directions of the Chief Secretary. Over the past few days, many migrants from Chennai have been passing through Andhra Pradesh to get to their home states in eastern India.

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh):The police resorted to lathi-charge on scores of migrant labourers, who set-off for their home states despite being provided accommodation, in Guntur district's Tadepalli on Saturday morning.

Earlier yesterday, Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney found many migrant workers on the road, while she was returning from Tadepalli after a meeting with Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Moved by their plight, the top bureaucrat spoke to Joint Collector of Guntur district and Collector of Krishna district over phone and directed them to accommodate the workers in the shelter camps and arrange food and water for them. She also asked the officials to ensure that the workers are sent to their state by the next available Shramik special train.

However, after the migrants were served breakfast at the camp today morning, many of them came out on the road again with their bicycles and tried to set off towards their home states, only to be stopped by the police near the Tadepalli bridge.

The police personnel were then seen lathi-charging the migrants and sending them back.

Over the past few days, many migrant workers from Chennai have been passing through Andhra Pradesh to return to their home states like Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar.

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