Highway blocked as kin protest children’s deaths, seek FIR changes

Mohali: The kin of a Mohali family on Monday blocked the Landran-Kharar highway with the bodies of three children, causing a nearly two-hour traffic jam, while demanding amendments to the FIR registered by Patiala Police.Senior police officers reached the spot and held talks with protesters, even as traffic was diverted and long queues built up on both sides.The protest followed Sunday’s tragedy near Rajpura, where a couple allegedly jumped into a canal with their three children. While the couple was rescued, the children—aged 14, 12 and 7—drowned. Police said the cause is under investigation.