India, March 10 -- The workers of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) staged a protest disrupting operations at the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) metro station on Sunday.

The party later suspended Narendra Pawtekar, NCP (SP) Pune city deputy president, who led the protest, and an FIR has been filed against 10-12 workers, said officials.

The protest was not related to metro but aimed at demanding better employment opportunities and action against corruption. Around 12:30 pm, Pawtekar and 10 to 12 supporters entered the PMC metro station premises posing as passengers before suddenly jumping onto the tracks.

Due to the commotion, metro operations at the stretch had to be halted between 12:45 pm and 2:45 pm, said offici...