Gujarat Migrants attack cops damage vehicles near Rajkot

    Ahmedabad, May 17 (PTI) Demanding immediate travel
arrangements, migrant workers on Sunday hurled stones at the
police and damaged vehicles on a national highway near Rajkot
in Gujarat, police said.
    Some police personnel and a local journalist were
injured in the incident that occurred in Shapar area near
Rajkot, about 215 kms away from Ahmedabad.
    Rajkot (Rural) superintendent of police Balram Meena
said 25 migrants were arrested, including a purported
instigator, after identifying them through video footage of
the incident.
    "A group of agitated migrants resorted to vandalism by
damaging vehicles on a national highway demanding arrangement
from local authorities for return to their native states," a
police official said.
    Meena said an FIR was registered under various
sections of the Indian Penal Code for rioting, voluntarily
causing hurt and for attempt to commit culpable homicide. PTI
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