PAAS members take to roads, torch BRTS bus

Rajkot | Monday | 20th August, 2018

Summary:

Police resorted to mild lathicharge after some youths threw stones at them in Yogi Chowk. The city police remained on the edge as groups of PAAS members were on the roads till late in the night, keeping the situation volatile.Some of them even indulged in stone pelting at police in Yogi Chowk. Police detained 42 members of PAAS from Mangadh Chowk in Varachha on Sunday. Surat: The arrest of Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel in Ahmedabad triggered angry protests by his supporters, who targeted BRTS buses and resorted to stone pelting in Patidar-dominated areas on Sunday.PAAS members set ablaze a BRTS bus near Yogi Chowk late in the evening and vandalized a BRTS bus stop on Puna-Simada Road. They were taken to Hazira police station.‘Some people wanted to sit on a fast in protest against Hardik’s arrest, but they were not allowed..