Police thwarts ‘Rail Roko’ protest in Hyderabad, detains 42 farmers
By Fatima Hasan| Updated: 18th February 2021 8:22 pm IST Farmers sitting at the ‘Rail Roko’ protest at Kacheguda railway station in Hyderabad, on Thursday.
Hyderabad: Telangana farmers’ unions on Thursday conducted ‘Rail Roko’ protest at the Kacheguda Railway station in Hyderabad from 12 pm to 1 pm. The unions had a plan to do it from 12 pm -3 pm but however, the police intervened and detained 42 farmers under preventive custody to disperse the protestors. The protest was held in solidarity with the Haryana – Punjab farmers outfits’ nationwide call for the Rail Roko protest. About 300 farmers gathered at the station.