Chandigarh, Aug. 15 -- Protesters belonging to the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha were dispersed by police using tear gas and water cannons in Chandigarh on Saturday as they attempted to march towards the Punjab Governor's residence, demanding the release of Sikh prisoners, including Jagtar Singh Hawara, who is serving a life imprisonment for the killing of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh in 1995.

Some protesters attempted to remove barricades and barbed wire, and some others tried to pull them down using a tractor as they attempted to proceed towards the residence of the Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria in Chandigarh.

Speaking about the protest and police action, Bapu Gurcharan Singh, father of Jagtar Singh Hawara, said that peaceful pr...