Summary:
Chandigarh, Dec 4 (PTI) Police on Saturday removed protesting outsourced Covid warriors from a Patiala highway, which they had allegedly blocked to demand regularisation of their jobs.
The Opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) criticised the police action, saying they were "brutalised" for demanding their just rights.
The protesters had been staging a dharna on the highway near Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala since Friday.
The protesters were briefly detained and the road they were blocking cleared, officials said.
The SAD, however, claimed that some of the protesters received injuries.
"The entire nation witnessed sacrifices of women Covid warriors.