Jalandhar: Followers of Dera Sachkhand and various Dalit bodies on Sunday blocked traffic on the national highway in Jalandhar, damaged three buses and torched a vehicle soon after news regarding firing on Sant Niranjan Dass, the Dera head, in Vienna, Austria spread.
Activists of various Dalit bodies, including Ambedkar Sena and BSP, blocked vehicular traffic in Phagwara for nearly an hour on National Highway No 1 on the over-bridge near Sugar Mill crossing to protest the Vienna incident, police said.
Some of the protesters pelted stones at vehicles, damaging three buses, they said, adding no passenger was injured in the incident.
Protesters also gave a call for Phagwara bandh on Monday.
In Buta Mandi locality, followers of the sect torched a truck parked in the area, police said.
Senior Superintendent of Police RK Jaiswal said policemen have been deployed at sensitive points to check any untoward incident.
At least 11 people were injured, nine of them seriously when two groups of Sikh worshippers clashed with knives and handgun at a gurdwara in Vienna on Sunday, Vienna police said.
The fight erupted following a dispute over the sermon given by a priest from Shri Guru Ravidas Sabha.
At least six men, one wielding a gun and the others knives, attacked the preacher and others.
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