Guj: Locals hurl stones at cops for enforcing lockdown

Ahmedabad, Apr 22 () At least four policemen,including a senior inspector, were injured after locals threwstones at them for enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown at alocality in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city on Wednesday, an officialsaid.

As many as 15 residents of Sardarnagar area weredetained and the process of lodging an FIR was initiated,inspector M B Barad of Sardarnagar police station said.

Senior inspector Hemant Patel and three juniorpolicemen sustained minor injuries in the incident, he said.

"Our patrolling team reached a locality in Sardarnagarafter getting an alert that around 20 people had gathered neara temple to perform some rituals. When we asked them todisperse and practice social distancing, some of them gotangry and started hurling stones at the policemen," he said.

In a video of the incident, some policemen can be seenrunning for cover while the mob pelted stones at them.

"We have detained 15 culprits and started theprocedure to lodge an FIR against them," he said. PJT PDARU ARU