Scores of Odia migrant workers lathi-charged in AP after protest turns violent
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | May 08, 2020 IST
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Vijayawada, May 8: Scores of construction workers of Odisha were lathi-charged in Andhra Pradesh along with hundreds of their counterparts from Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh as they turned violent on Friday, demanding the authorities send them back to their home states. Tension prevailed after the migrants turned violent during the protest at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Mangalagiri in Guntur district. They barged into the security office at the construction site and ransacked it following which Police resorted to lathi-charge. Policemen in riot gear entered the campus and used force to chase away the protestors. More than 3,000 construction workers from Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh working at AIIMS construction site have been demanding that they be sent back to their states. They staged protests again on Friday against the officials not making any transport arrangement despite an assurance given three days ago. The officials tried to pacify them by saying that since Guntur district is a red zone, their states were not giving consent for their travel at this stage. However, the migrant workers continued their protest and at one point it took a violent turn. (with IANS inputs)
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