High-level probe ordered into lathi charge of Bajrang Dal activists in Indore: Madhya Pradesh home minister
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Indore, June 16: Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra on Friday ordered an Additional Director General of Police (ADG) level-probe following the June 15 incident in which Indore Police conducted a lathi-charge on Bajrang Dal workers staging a protest.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, Mishra said, "The matter came to notice on Thursday evening and legal action has been taken into the matter. We have ordered the in-charge of the police station concerned to be line-attached (removed from field-duty) and decided to send an ADG level officer from Bhopal to investigate the matter," Mishra told reporters here.
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"Bajrang Dal activists gathered and suddenly protested by blocking roads without giving any information and without permission. They also pelted stones at the police. The police had to use force to remove them during which five police personnel were injured," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP) Indore Rajesh Raghvanshi said.
The incident took place late night on Thursday, he said. The Bajrang Dal workers were staging a sit-in protest at Palasia square, a busy junction in the city, which led to a traffic jam, the police said.
The official said that some workers of the Bajrang Dal were detained in connection with the incident.
Bajrang Dal workers were angry due to the registration of criminal cases against the members of their outfit in the past, the official said on the protesting by the outfit's workers the same, they hit the road to protest against the police at Palasiya crossing in Indore.
#WATCH | Indore, MP: Police lathi-charged at the Bajrang Dal & VHP workers protesting against the Indore Police due to the criminal cases filed against a worker of the Hindu organisation last night.
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The state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed that 11 Bajrang Dal workers were injured in the police lathi-charge. "Bajrang Dal activists were brutally lathi-charged by the police, which led to 11 persons suffering injuries," BJP's Indore unit president Gaurav Randive told PTI.
He demanded that appropriate action be taken against the guilty police personnel after an inquiry into the incident. Meanwhile, talking to reporters in Bhopal on Friday, state Home Minister and government spokesperson Narottam Mishra said he has taken cognisance of the incident and legal action was also taken on the matter.
"We have also taken cognizance of the police action against the protesters and decided to send an Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)-level officer to probe all issues related to it. We have also ordered that the in-charge of the police station concerned be line-attached (removed from field duty)," he said.
