New Delhi: A 70-year-old heart patient died in Haryana on Wednesday as he could not be taken to hospital due to the nationwide blockade of roads and railway tracks by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists protesting the cancellation of land transfer to the Amarnath shrine board.
Ram died in the three-wheeler in which he was being taken from his village to an Ambala hospital. The vehicle was caught in a chakka jam protest on Tangri Bridgeabout — 10 kilometres from Ambala — and was stalled for 20 minutes.
Despite requests from Ram's relatives, the protestors did not allow the three-wheeler to move.
Ram had complained of a stomach ache and was being taken to hospital by his family members when their vehicle got caught in the traffic jam in Ambala town, about 45 kms from state capital Chandigarh.
Ram died of a heart attack before reaching the hospital, police said.
In the national capital, VHP activists sporting saffron headbands and armed with canes began their protest at about 9 a.m, blocking roads in at least 20 places, including ITO, Moolchand, Dwarka, Rohini, Pitampura, Deepali Chowk, Laxmi Nagar, Shahdara, Akshardham temple, Uttam Nagar and Dhaula Kuan.
Carrying Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and VHP flags, slogan-shouting supporters, including women activists of the Sangh Parivar, blocked the Delhi-Jaipur highway and Delhi-Noida bridge over the Yamuna river for a brief period, which resulted in massive jams.
There were no reports of violence in the national capital region. But protesters burnt tyres and effigies at Gurgaon's IFFCO and Hero Honda crossings before being whisked away by the police.
(With inputs from IANS)
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