Ludhiana, Aug. 19 -- The office of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Ludhiana rural, Ankur Gupta, turned into a protest site on Monday as hundreds of men and women, led by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Dakaunda), staged a protest demanding cancellation of the FIR lodged against the local panchayat and registration of a case against those accused of vandalism and casteist abuse.

The demonstrators, carrying placards and shouting slogans-"cancel FIR against panchayat members" and "file case against culprits" - blocked the Tehsil Road for several hours.

It is learnt that the Sadar Jagraon police had lodged an FIR against four members of panchayat and several other people after a man ended his life by consuming poison. The complainant ...