Belonia, May 28, 2023, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Belonia, May 28: A large group of autorickshaw drivers under the banner of Autorickshaw Mazdoor Sangh of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) agitated against the alleged police harassment on them and blocked two separate roads of Belonia-Agartala and Belonia-Rajnagar on Sunday.

The agitated autorickshaw drivers alleged that they are being harassed by the police on a regular course while they are enroute to Udaipur. According to them, due to lack of CNG stations in Belonia, they are bound to move towards Udaipur CNG filling station, and during the enroute police often stop them to impose fines in the name of permit. They accused the police of imposing on them even if they are enroute with reserved passengers.  

The agitated drivers demanded for the installation of a CNG station in Belonia pertaining to the police harassment.

They continued accusing the police and further alleged that following the issues, when they met the police officer, they were misbehaved by the police and denied hearing their issue and following this the road blockades were organised on Sunday, they told reporters.

The blockade, which lasted for at least two hours, was later withdrawn with the intervention of police. According to them, the police assured them of withdrawing the cases registered against the section of autorickshaw drivers and discuss the matter with them in due course of time.