People crowd up fuel pumps to fill up their vehicle tanks fearing a shortage of fuel in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, as truck drivers protest against the hit-and-run law.
Truck drivers staged protests at many places in Maharashtra on Monday against the provision in the new penal law regarding hit-and-run road accident cases involving motorists.
The criminal code law, which repealed the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) provides up to 10 years of punishment for fleeing an accident spot and not reporting the incident.
The protests raised the spectre of a shortage of fuel in some places.
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