Early Times Report
UDHAMPUR, Nov 8: A former Special Police Officer, who had climbed a mobile tower in Ramnagar on Thursday, to protest his termination by the state government, today called off the hunger strike after administration assured to take up his and other terminated SPOs demand with Senior Police officers. Rattan Lal, 40, was disbanded along with 30 others for allegedly going on strike, along with their weapons, to press for their demand of regularization of their services. The police had filed a case against them in this regard. The SPOs have, for the last five days, been sitting on dharna at Rani Park in Ramnagar town, demanding that the government rescind their termination and the police withdraw the FIR. Lal climbed the tower seeking assurance and negotiations for their demands.
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