Five days after Mohali police cleared the Sohana Chowk blockade by supporters of Waris Punjab De chief and radical Sikh chief Amritpal Singh, cops have been as soon as once more on their toes after a number of Sikh protesters gathered on the website and tried to march in direction of Punjab Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh on sunday.

According to police, round 15 protesters arrived exterior Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan after circulation of a message on social media to collect there on Sunday in assist of Amritpal.

Heavy police drive was deployed on the intersection to keep away from a repeat of the three-day blockade final week that had thrown site visitors on the busy Airport Road out of substances, inflicting harassment to commuters and spreading panic amongst residents.

Senior cops, together with three SP-rank officers, together with DSPs, remained current on the chowk to watch the scenario.

A number of Sikh protesters, who refused to budge regardless of quite a few police requests and remained adamant to march in direction of Raj Bhawan, exchanged heated arguments with cops and have been finally detained.

Even after the positioning was cleared, Mohali police, together with Punjab Police Commandos, stood guard to make sure regulation and order.

9 held for Sohana Chowk blockade launched

Meanwhile, 9 folks, together with two girls, who have been arrested as a safety measure whereas clearing the Sohana Chowk blockade on March 21, have been launched by Mohali police.

“We had already released seven people and the remaining two were released on Sunday,” stated Mohali SSP Sandeep Garg.

Notably 197 of the full 353 folks taken into preventive custody have been launched by Punjab Police throughout the state following instructions of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.

Five cops, together with a superintendent of police, have been injured throughout the battle to take away the protesters who had blocked the Sohana Chowk for 3 days from March 18 to twenty. A complete of 24 folks have been booked for rioting, assaulting public servants on responsibility and illegal meeting.

Police had additionally seized a cache of weapons, together with swords, spears, axes, farm instruments and lathis, that the agitators had been openly brandishing on the chowk for the reason that Punjab Police launched an operation towards Amritpal and his supporters on March 18.