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Photos: Migrant workers clash with police in Gujarat

The workers were demanding that they should be sent back to their native places

Published: May 04, 2020 19:44 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Copy of 907219-01-08-1588607013747 — Hundreds of migrant workers seeking to return home clashed with police and pelted stones at them near a village in Gujarat's Surat district on Monday, following which the security personnel lobbed teargas shells and baton-charged the agitated workers. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of PTI04-05-2020_000224B-1588607020602 — The workers clashed with police near Vareli village on the outskirts of Surat while demanding that arrangements be made to send them back to their native places in the wake of the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. Image Credit: PTI

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Copy of PTI04-05-2020_000248B-1588607009747 — The labourers also damaged some vehicles parked on Surat-Kadodara road. Image Credit: PTI

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Copy of 20200504336L-1588607006991 — The workers claimed that two days back their buses were given permission to leave Gujarat. But, later they were stopped at Kosamba in Surat by local administration officials due to lack of "valid permission" and asked to go back. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 20200504297L-1588607015626 — The workers said they have been waiting endlessly for the administration to clear their journey back home. One of them said the money they arranged for the bus fare after lot of hardships has not been returned to them, and demanded that governments of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat co- ordinate their travel back home without delay. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of PTI04-05-2020_000225B-1588607023116 — Police personnel fire teargas shell to disperse migrant worker during a clash in Surat. Image Credit: PTI

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Copy of 20200504287L-1588607038386 — Police personnel detains protesters after a clash erupts between migrant workers and police in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 907216-01-08-1588607011745 — Gujarat police personnel detain stranded migrant workers during the protes in Surat. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 20200504335L-1588607004358 — Police personnel keeps vigil after a clash erupts between migrant workers and police in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 20200504299L-1588607017820 — A clash erupts between migrant workers and police in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 20200504313L-1588607027403 — Woods burning after a clash erupts between migrant workers and police in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 20200504285L-1588607036315 — Migrant workers clash with police in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 20200504311L-1588607025126 — Fire brigade douses fire after the clash in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 20200504320L-1588607031494 — Migrant workers clash with police in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 20200504267L-1588607029446 — Migrant workers gather to protest in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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Copy of 20200504322L-1588607033930 — Migrant workers clash with police in Surat. Image Credit: ANI

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