Activists of Handicapped and Blind Union block traffic on NH1

Phagwara(Pb), Sep 20 (PTI) Activists of Handicapped andBlind Union Punjab today blocked traffic at Sugar millcrossing to protest against alleged misbehavior of a cop withone of their colleagues. Led by state President Lakhbir Singh Saini, theprotesters, on wheel chairs and crutches, blocked the NationalHighway 1. Saini alleged that a police constable Jagdish Kumarslapped a differently-abled Gyan Chand and misbehaved with hiswife Anju Bala when Chand had gone to local civil hospital forgetting his medical certificate. "Gyan Chand fell down from his wheel chair after he wasslapped. They faced a lot of hardships in getting certificatesabout their disability," claimed Saini. Jagdish Kumar, who was on security guard duty in thehospital, however denied the allegations. Senior Medical Officer Joginder Singh also denied anyhassles to the handicapped during making of certificates. The protesters, during their prolonged parleys withpolice demanded that the erring cop should be suspended. The matter was later solved after the intervention ofCity SHO Inderjit Singh and SMO Joginder Singh. Traffic on Phagwara-Nakodar, Phagwara-Hoshiarpur,Phagwara-Nawanshahr and arterial roads were affected due tothe blockade. PTI CORR VJ CHT RGCHT