Srinagar, August 12: Hundreds of government employees were detained and dozens injured here as police today scuttled their proposed march to Lal Chowk to press for their demands regarding the implementation of Sixth Pay Commission report.
Many of the agitating employees were taken into preventive custody as they made repeated attempts to reach Lal Chowk in response to the call given by Joint Consultative Committee (JCC), an amalgam of various employees’ organisations and associations.
They were also demanding increase in the retirement age from 58 to 60.
Accusing the government of “breaching” the agreement it had reached with the employees in March on the implementation of the Commission’s report, JCC asked all government officials to assemble at Lal Chowk today and later gherao the Assembly.
The police had banned the mobilisation of people in the area and issued prohibitory orders.
–PTI