SURAT: Some members of
Uttar Bharatiya Rail Sangarsh Samiti
(UBRSS) were beaten up allegedly by
supporters of Navsari MP C R Paatil
at the event to flag off
Mahamana Superfast Express here by Union minister of state for railwaysManoj Sinha on Friday evening.
The office-bearers of UBRSS had gone tothe railway station to meet Sinha over their long-pending demands for trains to their native places in North India. While minister of railways Piyush Goyal was attending the flagging off function at Vadodara railway station, Sinha was deputed to Suratfor the live eventin the presence of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi atVaranasi.
UBRSS leaders, including Anoop Rajput, Yajuvendra Dubey, Shaan Khan, Ajay Baba and a few others, were preventedfrom entering the venue.After verbal exchanges, UBRSS leaders were literally manhandled and beaten up by the supporters of Navsari MP. A few journalists were also beaten up,sourcessaid.
UBRSS convener Ajit Tiwarisaid,"Itisour right ascitizens to meet the minister and express our concerns for the community. However, Navsari MP's goons did not allow us to meet Sinha and attacked us. Our organization's member Anoop Rajput has sustained seriousinjury."
The UBRSS leaders gheraoed the policestation of Government Railway Police (GRP) for more than four hours demanding registration of an FIR against the anti-social elements whohad attackedthem.
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