MP: Cop on lockdown duty attacked with stones; five arrested
Five people have been arrested in connection with theincident that took place in Chandan Nagar area here on Tuesdayevening, he said.
A purported video of the incident also went viral onsocial media, in which the policeman was seen running to savehimself from seven to eight people who were throwing stonesand chasing him. One of the miscreants was seen picking up astick while chasing the policeman.
Superintendent of Police Mahesh Chandra Jain told that when the constable asked some people out on streets to goback home, they started arguing and threw stones at him.
The policeman then ran for his life and alerted hisseniors following which additional force was rushed to thearea, he said.
Five people - identified as Javed (25), Imran Khan(24), Nasir Khan (58), Sali Khan (50) and Samir Anwar (22) -were later arrested and booked under IPC sections 147(rioting), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated bypublic servant), 353 (assault of criminal force to deterpublic servant from discharge of his duty) and other relevantprovisions.
"We are also recommending to the districtadministration to book Javed and Imran Khan under the NationalSecurity Act (NSA)," Jain said.
Search was on for another absconding accused.
This is the third incident in the state of attack onthose at the forefront of the battle against coronavirus.
Earlier, two policemen on lockdown enforcement dutywere injured after a mob attacked them with knives and inBhopal's old city area on Monday night.
On April 1, two women doctors were injured afterstones were pelted at them when they went to Tatpatti Bakhalarea of Indore for contact tracing of COVID-19 patients.