CHANDIGARH: Six BSF companies, with 77 jawans each, have reached Punjab amid deteriorating law and order situation on Thursday.

Exasperated by the alleged desecration of Guru Granth Sahib, Sikhs continue to hold protests in several parts of Punjab for the eight consecutive day.

The decision to deploy BSF came following a telephonic conversation between Union home minister Rajnath Singh and Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal yesterday.

Union social justice and empowerment minister and Hoshiarpur MP Vijay Sampla tells TOI he has sought urgent meeting with Union home minister Rajnath Singh to discuss law and order situation in Punjab.

