However, undeterred by police action, around 2 lakh traders said they will again sit on a peaceful protest against the sealing action on Friday.
Traders protesting against sealing drive in the Capital’s Lajpat Nagar market on Thursday were allegedly beaten up by a Delhi Police force that was deployed on the spot to seal the shops for “misuse” of premises.
However, undeterred by police action, around 2 lakh traders said they will again sit on a peaceful protest against the sealing action on Friday.
The police resorted to lathicharge after scores of traders gathered to stop the sealing action being taken by the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee in the Old Double Storey (ODS) market located in Amar Colony in Lajpat Nagar-IV.
According to the local traders association, a number of shop owners were injured in the police crackdown, while one of the traders, Gautum Baweja, received serious head injuries after which he had to be taken to the hospital.
Traders also alleged that additional deputy commissioner of police Amit Sharma, leading the teams, slapped one of the employees of a store.
“My employee Parvez was slapped by the additional DCP while he was protesting outside the shop. There was no reason for a senior police officer to raise a hand on a worker. We also requested the personnel to verify our shop documents before shutting it down, but they did not even listen to us and started using force,” said Kamal Chawla, who owns a garment store.
This was not all. While press photographers present on spot caught Sharma’s act on camera, police personnel directed by their senior caught two of the four photo-journalists and snatched their cameras.
“While the two photographers managed to flee, the police caught two print media photojournalists and snatched their camera asking them to delete the pictures on the spot.
Additional DCP Sharma was not available for comment.
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