Police lob tear gas as migrant workers pelt stones at them in Surat

Amid coronavirus-enforced lockdown, migrant workers in Surat pelted stones at police which prompted them to lob teargas shells and baton-charge the agitated workers. The migrant workers were demanding that arrangements be made to send them back to their native places.

Surat: Migrant labourers pelted stones at police in Gujarat's Surat district on Monday, following which the security personnel lobbed teargas shells and baton-charged the agitated workers.

The incident took place near Vareli village on the outskirts of Surat while the migrant workers were demanding that arrangements be made to send them back to their native places in the wake of the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, an official said.

The labourers also damaged some vehicles parked on Surat-Kadodara road, he said.

They clashed with police and threw stones at them, following which the security personnel retaliated and lobbed teargas shells and lathi-charged the agitated workers, the official said.

The situation was later brought under control and security was stepped up in the area, he added.

(PTI Report)