NAKODAR
The Mehat Pur police have booked 13 villagers of the charge of jamming traffic by staging a dharna on public road.
Investigating officer (IO) Avtar Singh said the accused have ben identified as Gurwindar Singh Sarpanch, Bikramjit Singh,Nishan Singh ,Gurnam Singh ,Jonas Masih ,Satam Singh ,Goni,Kuldeep Singh ,Dimle ,Jugnu all residents of Baghela village and their three unidentified accomplices .
IO said the accused staged a dharna on Bhagela Talwan Road following a sand loaded tipper slipped into a wheat field who has loaded sand from a government mine in Vehran village.
IO said the police reached on the spot but villagers refused to lift dharna from road and created inconvenience for general public.
IO said a case under sections 285(obstruction in public way) 126(2)(wrongful restraint ) and 189(4) (unlawful assembly ) of the BNS has been registered against the accused.