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Workers astatine a refinery successful Haryana's Panipat connected Monday (February 23, 2026) pelted stones astatine information unit and vandalised vehicles during a objection successful enactment of their assorted demands.
When the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) unit deployed astatine the refinery asked the protesters to stay successful a designated area, immoderate of them took objection to it and allegedly resorted to chromatic pelting.
The protesting workers, immoderate of them holding sticks, overturned a fewer vehicles parked astatine the tract and damaged them.
Amid the tense situation, constabulary were called in.
Panipat Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhupender Singh, who visited the spot to instrumentality banal of the situation, said aft they received accusation astir chromatic pelting astatine the refinery, a constabulary unit was instantly deployed determination nether the bid of a lawman superintendent of police.
"We deployed constabulary astatine the refinery and the concern is peaceful," helium said.
Asked if the CISF fired informing shots successful the aerial to disperse the workers, helium said constabulary received accusation that 1 oregon 2 shots were fired.
Earlier, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Panipat City, Rajbir Singh, said the workers were protesting successful enactment of their demands, which they had raised with their contractor.
The workers' demands see fixed 8 hours of duty, basal amenities similar a toilet and h2o adjacent the enactment site, timely outgo of salaries and proscription facilities astatine the enactment site.
Later, a gathering was held betwixt the workers' representatives and refinery officials.
