The World - News from Jan. 10, 1986
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Authorities in India’s Punjab state placed about 40,000 security personnel on alert and arrested more than 100 Sikh activists on the eve of a large-scale attempt to disrupt traffic in the state. The radical All-India Sikh Students Federation called the blockade to press for the release of Sikh youths jailed after the June, 1984, army assault on the Golden Temple of Amritsar. The once-outlawed group said that 6,000 of its members will stop all traffic entering or leaving Punjab. The Press Trust of India reported that armed guards will be posted on buses.