Busmen held for defying ban

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, NOV. 17. Hundreds of `striking' bus workers, along with their family members, courted arrest near the Metropolitan Transport Corporation headquarters here, as they attempted to take out a rally defying a police ban today.

A few buses were stoned as the protest ended with the arrests. The police chased away the unruly elements.

According to the convener of the action council of transport workers' trade unions, Mr. A. Soundararajan, the strike, which entered the eighth day, would continue until the workers achieved their demand of 20 per cent bonus. Mass arrests and `intimidatory' tactics by the Government would not deter workers from continuing their agitation, he said.

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