Live
- Free haircut, 'mehendi' for women on offer as Maharashtra votes in Phase 2
- BJP president JP Nadda to visit Odisha on April 28
- Participation of women in workforce is a constitutional entitlement: SC
- Sabita, Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, made a surprise visit to the sub-jail
- Superstars Yash, Rakshit Shetty cast their votes, underline importance of polling
- Hyderabad court denies bail to 3 police officers in phone tapping case
- Apollo Hospitals' unit to raise Rs 2,475 crore from PE firm Advent International
- More than 70 per cent voter turnout in Assam till 5 PM
- Repeated and persistent doubts on EVMs can have contrarian impact of creating distrust: SC
- World Veterinary Day 2024: Celebrating Veterinarians as Guardians of Animal Welfare
Fishermen stage rasta roko on NH-16
Raising slogans, the angry leaders and activists of Fishermen Societies staged the rasta rook paralysing the traffic for 15 minutes on the national highway. The mob not only ransacked the houses, but also snatched gold chains from the women, the irate leaders pointed out.
Payakaraopet (Visakhapatnam): Leaders of Fishermen Societies of Visakha and East Godavari districts staged a rasta roko on the National Highway-16 near Tuni on Thursday condemning the mob attack at Palmanpet village in the mandal recently.
They demanded the police to take stringent action against those persons who were invovled in the vandalism.
Raising slogans, the angry leaders and activists of Fishermen Societies staged the rasta rook paralysing the traffic for 15 minutes on the national highway.
The mob not only ransacked the houses, but also snatched gold chains from the women, the irate leaders pointed out.
The leaders warned of State-wide agitation if the government fails to initiate action against the accused.
They further stated that they will approach Human Rights Commission seeking justice if the government did not respond. Meanwhile, 58 persons were arrested so far in connection with the incident.
Leaders of Fishermen Societies M Gurunath, Appalaraju, K Ramana, Gauri, Gaara, Kare Krishna, Gosala Tata Rao, D Sreenu,
V Satyanarayana, MPTC Kasi Visweswara Rao and others took part in the the protest. Meanwhile, the situation at Palmanpet village is under control, according to police.
