<p>The Yuva Rajput Sabha on Friday began a hunger strike demanding the release of its activists detained by the police for violation of prohibitory orders near Sarore toll plaza in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.</p>.<p>Police had on Monday detained 27 activists of the group who were demanding removal of the Sarore toll plaza through a protest.</p>.<p>The group has alleged the toll has been set up within a distance of 35 km on the highway instead of 60 km, as prescribed in the rules.</p>.Supreme Court hearing has shone light on Jammu and Kashmir's past. Pay heed.<p>Authorities had on Monday imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) forbidding the gathering of four or more people in and around the toll plaza. </p>.<p>"We have started hunger strike to demand the release the detained people. We want removal of the toll post," a leader of the group said.</p>.<p>The Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Jammu (CCIJ) had on Thursday given a call for a bandh on August 26 to protest against the installation of smart electricity metres in the city.</p>.<p>The traders have also demanded that the process of collection of toll on the highway in Samba district be kept in abeyance.</p>.<p>''We have given a bandh call in Jammu on Saturday. Jammu will be shut down. I want the entire Jammu region to observe a bandh. All organisations are with us,'' CCIJ President Arun Gupta had earlier said. </p>
<p>The Yuva Rajput Sabha on Friday began a hunger strike demanding the release of its activists detained by the police for violation of prohibitory orders near Sarore toll plaza in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.</p>.<p>Police had on Monday detained 27 activists of the group who were demanding removal of the Sarore toll plaza through a protest.</p>.<p>The group has alleged the toll has been set up within a distance of 35 km on the highway instead of 60 km, as prescribed in the rules.</p>.Supreme Court hearing has shone light on Jammu and Kashmir's past. Pay heed.<p>Authorities had on Monday imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) forbidding the gathering of four or more people in and around the toll plaza. </p>.<p>"We have started hunger strike to demand the release the detained people. We want removal of the toll post," a leader of the group said.</p>.<p>The Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Jammu (CCIJ) had on Thursday given a call for a bandh on August 26 to protest against the installation of smart electricity metres in the city.</p>.<p>The traders have also demanded that the process of collection of toll on the highway in Samba district be kept in abeyance.</p>.<p>''We have given a bandh call in Jammu on Saturday. Jammu will be shut down. I want the entire Jammu region to observe a bandh. All organisations are with us,'' CCIJ President Arun Gupta had earlier said. </p>