Several people were detained on Sunday, 1 November, allegedly for attempting to disrupt the law and order situation, as locals blocked National Highway 2 in Haryana’s Ballabgarh, demanding justice for 21-year-old Nikita Tomar who was murdered on 26 October.
Nikita Tomar was shot dead by a man in Haryana's Faridabad, after she resisted his attempts to shove her into a car.
According to news agency ANI, Sumer Singh, DCP Haryana Police, said:
“Several people detained after some miscreants tried to disrupt law and order situation in Ballabhgarh today on National Highway 2, while ‘mahapanchayat’ was underway. Permission was not taken to hold the ‘mahapanchayat’.”