Bantwal, Sept 10: Stones pelted at two KSRTC buses in Bantwal and tyres burnt at several places following the Bharat Bandh. Meanwhile, the police arrested two persons who were allegedly trying to block the road.

On BC Road, the miscreants have pelted stones at a KSRTC bus that was coming from Bengaluru to Mangaluru. The front glass of the bus is wholly damaged. Another bus was stoned at Bantwal at around 5:30 am.

Two detained in Jakribettu

Bantwal rural police have arrested two persons who were allegedly trying to block the road.

The police have cleared the tyres burnt in Thumbay. The bandh supporters burnt tyres at Haleer near Mani in the middle of the road.

The bandh supporters near Mani Narayana Guru Mandir in Kalladka K.C Road have also attempted to fire Tire and block the road. The police reached the spot and cleared the path without affecting traffic.

Additional police have been deployed in major areas of the district including Kalladka in the wake of the bandh.

 

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Chandigarh, Jan 23 (PTI): Punjab Police personnel deployed in the security of Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal have been withdrawn, the state police chief said on Thursday.

"Time to time, we get reports of threats to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal and we share them with the concerned agencies.

"Following the directions of the Delhi police and the Election Commission today, we withdrew the component of the Punjab police in the security of Kejriwal ji," Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav told reporters in Patiala.

"We showed our concerns to them. We will remain in touch with them. We will share our inputs with the Delhi police," he said.

The development comes ahead of the elections for the 70-member Delhi Assembly on February 5. The poll results are set to be declared on February 8.