8 Congress workers arrested for trying to stop CM convoy

Seven Congress workers were arrested for attempting to stop Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini’s convoy by breaching security and showing him black flags in Gurugram’s Civil Lines area on Friday, police said

Published on: Aug 22, 2026, 08:07:00 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Seven Congress workers were arrested for attempting to stop Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini’s convoy by breaching security and showing him black flags in Gurugram’s Civil Lines area on Friday, police said.

A senior police official said Saini was on the move when these men tried to push away security personnel.

Officials said the workers were present at the spot along with senior Congress leaders from Gurugram and other workers to protest over poor roads, waterlogging and other issues.

CM Saini was in the city to chair the district public relations and grievance committee meeting and to interact with industrialists and students at the Gen-H startup summit.

A senior police official said Saini was on the move when these men tried to push away security personnel.

“They also got involved in a scuffle with the police,” he said

The FIR was registered under sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 121(1) (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 191(2) (rioting), 190 (unlawful assembly), 221 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 132 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 285 (danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation) and 270 (public nuisance) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Civil Lines police station.

Sandeep Turan, Gurugram police public relations officer, said, “At least four more persons are yet to be arrested,” he added.

Gurugram police commissioner Sibash Kabiraj said station house officer of Civil Lines police station and security incharge (west zone) were suspended with immediate effect and DCP (West) Karan Goel and DCP (Crime) Hitesh Yadav were served show-cause notices over the security lapse. “Departmental proceedings have been initiated against district intelligence wing incharge,” he added.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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