India, Nov. 14 -- The Qaumi Insaaf Morcha called off its protest at Shambhu toll barrier on the Punjab and Haryana border on the Rajpura-Ambala-Delhi highway after meeting a joint secretary from the Union ministry of home affairs, who assured the leaders that their memorandum seeking the release of Sikh prisoners would be forwarded to the Centre.

"The joint secretary assured us that he will put forward all our demands to home minister Amit Shah. Therefore, we have decided to call off the stir as the aim behind the Delhi march was to hand over our memorandum," said Morcha leader Gurcharan Singh Zarikpur. He, however, clarified that the ongoing protest at Yadavindra Public School Chowk in Mohali would continue.

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