Ahmedabad: Mob pelts stones, injures four cops

TNN | Updated: Apr 23, 2020, 07:17 IST

Video grabs of the incident at Sardarnagar

AHMEDABAD: In yet another incident of aggression against cops, a police team came under heavy stone pelting in Chamundanagar, Sardarnagar on Wednesday afternoon after they tried to disperse a gathering intent on conducting a religious ceremony “Purvaj Amavas”. DCP Zone-4 Neeraj Badgujar said four policemen including inspector Hemant Patel of Sardarnagar were injured in the attack. Police sources said reinforcements went to the spot and used needed force to disperse the mob. “We have rounded up 27 persons including two women,” Badgujar said.
On Monday, a Danilimda police team faced stone pelting when they tried to disperse a mob at Parikshitlalnagar in Behrampura.
Badgujar said police received a message on Wednesday afternoon that some 50 people had gathered at Chamundanagar for a religious ceremony called “Purvaj Amavas”. “As it was clear-cut case of violation of Section 144 inspector Hemant Patel of Sardarnagar with his team went to the spot and tried to disperse the gathering. However, the people started heavy stone pelting and injured four of our men,” Badgujar said.