Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Scores of Punjab farmers protesting against the government over their various demands spent the night on the road after they were stopped to march towards Chandigarh. India News | After Being Stopped to March Towards Chandigarh, Protesting Punjab Farmers Spend Night on Road.
Punjab farmers sat on a protest near Chandigarh-Mohali border after being stopped to enter the state capital. The protesting farmers are demanding a bonus on wheat. Farmers want a bonus of Rs 500 on each quintal of wheat as their yield dropped.
The Mohali police put up barricades and tippers and rolled out water cannons to prevent protesting farmers from entering Chandigarh. The Chandigarh police too made similar security arrangements.
Investigators recovered a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG, from near the attack site in Mohali. It has been identified as RPG 22, and is Russian-made.