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Violence broke out after a condolence meeting for slain gangster Anandpal Singh in Nagaur district of Rajasthan. A rally was organised by various Rajput outfits pelted stones at a police team, leaving 19 personnel injured including the Nagaur SP.
As per the police sources, 19 policemen have been injured after a mob attacked the police. They also set ablaze the vehicle of Nagaur superintendent of police, Paris Deshmukh. The protestors demanded a CBI probe into the death of Singh.
"Police had to resort to tear gas shells after the police vehicle was attacked by the mob," said Additional Director General of Police (law and order) NRK Reddy.
A woman probationary IPS officer, Monika Sen, and the gunman of the SP went missing during the clashes but were found later.
On Tuesday night, four Rajasthan Roadways buses were set on fire in Kuchaman city of Nagaur district.
Since June 24 Nagaur district has been tense after gangster Anandpal Singh was killed in a police encounter. He was gunned down by the police in Malasar village in Churu.
The Rajput community are demanding a CBI inquiry into the encounter and permission for Anandpal Singh's brothers, who are in judicial custody, to attend the funeral. His body is yet to cremate the body and is kept in a deep freezer at his house where elaborate security arrangement was made.