Rail Roko agitation: Protesting farmers hinder train services in 130 location-In pics
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh squatted on rail tracks on Monday (October 18) morning as part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha's six-hour 'rail roko' protest demanding the dismissal and arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh squatted on rail tracks on Monday (October 18) morning as part of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha's six-hour 'rail roko' protest demanding the dismissal and arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.
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Agitation resulted in disruption of the railway traffic at the Modinagar Railway station in Uttar Pradesh`s Ghaziabad district. The security forces of four police stations of Ghaziabad district were deployed along with a company of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) at the Modinagar railway station.
(Image credit: ANI)