- A hawker-eviction drive launched by Government Railway Police (GRP) at Baruipur railway station in West Bengal turned violent on Saturday as hawkers and police clashed, leaving seven people, including police officials and journalists, injured.
- The trouble started in the morning when GRP personnel began evicting hawkers who were illegally hawking their ware on the railway platform, officials said.
Nearly 3,000 hawkers, belonging to INTTUC, the trade union of ruling TMC, put up a stiff resistance pelting brickbats at the police and bursting bombs.
- They squatted on the railway track to prevent normal functioning of trains.
However, the railway authorities used the adjacent track to run the suburban service, they added. Four railway personnel were injured in the brickbatting. The hawkers later moved to the adjacent maidan belonging to the railways and staged a sit-in there.
(With inputs from PTI)
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