Protests in Ludhiana after four drown while immersing Ganesha idol

Relatives of four youngsters, who drowned in river Sutlej on Sunday, with several others protesting at Jagraon Bridge in Ludhiana on Monday. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

Updated on: Sep 12, 2016 10:36 PM IST

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Relatives of four youngsters, who drowned in river Sutlej on Sunday, with several others protesting at Jagraon Bridge in Ludhiana on Monday. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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Four youth, all in their early 20s, had drowned in the Sutlej on Sunday after they lost their footing in the deep waters while immersing a Ganesha idol near Ladhowal. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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Traffic was halted as the protesters blocked the Jagraon Bridge in Ludhiana for at least 6 hours on Monday. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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The protesters also stopped three trains at Ludhiana railway station for more than four hours. (JS Grewal/HT Photo )

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Heavy police was deputed to manage the crowd. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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The protesters raising slogans in front of a train that was stopped on Monday. (JS Grewal/HT Photo )

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The passengers were forced to leave the railway station as the protest turned violent and the trains were cancelled. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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The protesters demanded a case of murder registered against the divers who denied helping the families of victims until they paid them Rs 15,000. (JS Grewal / HT Photo)

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The protesters also alleged that the police did not turn up at Sutlej River for their help, otherwise the lives of their kin could have been saved. (JS Grewal/HT Photo )

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The protesters pelted police and the trains with stones, and clashed with the passengers who resisted. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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Two policemen were hurt as the protesters took to stone-pelting. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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Cops had to baton charge the agitators, which injured three of them. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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Protesters scattered as the cops cane charged them. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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Protesters showing their bruises as they were cane charged by cops in an attempt to disperse the crowd. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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A protester shows bruises as he was hit by the cops during canecharge in Ludhiana on Monday. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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Protesters pelted stones at the cops at Ludhiana railway station on Monday. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)

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Cops cane charging the protesters in Ludhiana on Monday. (JS Grewal/HT Photo)