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Police fire tear gas shells on migrants in Gujarat
Surat: Hundreds of migrant workers, who want to return home in their native states, and police clashed on Monday in Gujarat's Surat, an official said....
Surat: Hundreds of migrant workers, who want to return home in their native states, and police clashed on Monday in Gujarat's Surat, an official said. The workers hurled stones at police, forcing the Surat district police to react with lathicharge and firing of tear gas shells, PTI reported. "We did not get our salary since March. We don't have money left," a worker said. A video shared by news agency ANI showed workers and police on opposite sides and the latter firing tear gas shells on migrants.
Gujarat has been one of the worst-hit states due to Covid-19 in India and Surat has reported 30 deaths until now. This is the fourth time in the last one month when migrant workers have come out in large numbers and demanded they be allowed to return to their native states.In the last protest, held outside the offices of the Diamond Bourse in Surat on April 28, hundreds protested saying they were made to work amid the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown.
