Rajasthan: Protest by truck drivers turns violent, 3 policemen injured

Jaipur: Protests by truck drivers against the Centre’s new law on hit-and-run cases turned violent in Rajasthan’s Kekri district, where a mob destroyed a police vehicle and pelted stones at security personnel, killing three. Gone, police said. Tuesday Many truck drivers have joined the movement calling for repeal of the new provisions and are holding protests. There is also a severe shortage of gasoline, or people fear that the revolution will disrupt the fuel supply. Police faced resistance from protesting truck drivers and local residents in Bandanwada area of Kekri district on Monday night when they tried to patrol the road. “The police were ambushed on the Ajmer-Bhilwara road when the mob pelted stones at the police, resulting in the death of three policemen. A vehicle belonging to the Kekri town police commissionerate was also destroyed,” the officer said. Crab Sanjay Singh Mandal’s. Let them deploy additional police in the area and keep an eye on the route. “They are attempting to identify those involved in the incident”, he said, adding that no arrests have been made. Satish Jain, president of the Association of Transport Operators of Jaipur, said that about 80 percent of truck drivers have boycotted work in protest against the law. “Truck drivers are not working and not participating in this wave, which has affected the movement of goods. Truck drivers are also supporting the truck drivers,” Jain said. “We demand that the government amend the provisions of the law which are onerous and have little practice of compliance,” he said. Rajendra Singh Bhati, president of the Association of Distributors of Gasoline Suppliers, said that due to the truck drivers’ strike, the supply in the state has been affected by about 20 percent. According to the Indian Judicial Code (BNS), which replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, drivers who cause a serious traffic accident by rash driving and fleeing without informing the police or any administrative officer can be punished with imprisonment of up to 10 years. May have to face. .o Fine of Rs 7 lakh.