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Deputy Police Captain Kartarpur Digvijay Kapila assured of strict action against the attackers following which the gherao ended in the wee hours on Wednesday. He said the PMU activists had been protesting against fake auctions of panchayati lands at the Hasanmunda village since June 1. Tribune News ServiceJalandhar, July 11Labourers and activists under the Pendu Mazdoor Union Punjab gheraoed the Karatapur police station till 1.30 am on Wednesday against the crackdown on Dalit farmers and landless labourers struggling for their share, reserved in panchayat lands and residential plots. He demanded residential plots for the needy farmers and the share in panchayat lands for Dalits. They said the protest was held against an attack on a 70-year old elderly at the village on Tuesday evening..