The spot where the incident took place at Ajaynagar
A traffic sergeant arrived at the spot and began issuing consecutive prosecution slips to bikes parked along the stretch, according to witnesses and the protesting workers. The traffic guard said they are trying to enforce discipline. We are asking why can’t parking happen legally?” a senior officer said. Senior officials from the Kolkata Traffic Police said they are putting a civic volunteer at the spot but warned that action against illegal parking shall continue.
The incident occurred within the limits of the Survey Park Police Station, where several delivery workers alleged they had been waiting outside a local popular restaurant for orders to be prepared. “This incident occurred on Ajaynagar Service Road where there is a mini shopping mall. For several months now, the pavement has been used as a parking lot. But there is already a free one-line parking zone on the opposite side. However, traders and a section of two-wheeler riders say that with narrow roads in the area and parking space rare, even basic jobs, like withdrawing money from an ATM by parking the bike on the road, is now attracting police action.
Kolkata: Tension erupted in Santoshpur on Tuesday afternoon, the incident going viral on social media, after a dozen app-based food delivery workers staged a protest against a sergeant from the East Jadavpur Traffic Guard, accusing him of imposing harsh and unfair illegal parking fines.