The Gautam Buddh Nagar police on Monday detained over 20 people, including around a dozen Congress leaders and workers, while they were moving towards Delhi to participate in anti-Agnipath protests.
Police personnel, including senior officers, were deployed at the border points of Gautam Buddh Nagar district, adjoining Delhi, and inspection of vehicles intensified in view of the call for the strike, the officials said. The intensified checking led to slowing down of vehicular movement at Delhi-Noida border points like DND and the Chilla routes, with traffic snarls impacting hundreds of cars and two-wheelers including those of office-goers. Gautam Buddh Nagar Police Commissioner Alok Singh also hit ground to oversee security deployment in western Uttar Pradesh district, which had witnessed violence last week in week of Agnipath scheme's announcement.
