32 city bus employees arrested

BHUBANESWAR: Commissionerate Police arrested 32 city bus employees on Friday after they tried to block passage of the vehicles by lying down before them at the depot. The employees, who are agitating under the umbrella of City Bus Employees Union, had been asked to sort out the issues with the management at District Labour Office. However, police said, they did not pay heed but lay down before the buses and were  arrested. On the other hand, CPI condemned the police action saying the employees had gone for the meeting where they were rounded up by the police.