Sindri: Production at the Sindri-based ACC cement factory resumed on Tuesday amidst police presence a day after the Monday clash between protesting villagers and police.
The protestors had blocked the entrance of the factory since 6:30am and were demanding jobs for the locals in the factory. Later, the protest turned violent, prompting police to fire six rounds in the air to disperse the mob.
Sindri police filed a case under Sections 147,148,149,323,324,379,353,307,120b, 188, 268,269,270 and 271 of the IPC and Section 3 of the damaging public property Act against 39 persons, including the district president of Tiger Force Dharamjeet Singh. As many as 11 persons, including ACC unit president of Jharkhand Vikash Shramik Sangh (JVSS) Satyendra Chaturvedi, were arrested on Monday and sent to judicial custody on Tuesday, said officials.
Meanwhile, Rajkumar Yadav, Vinod Kumar and Satyendra Chaturvedi of JVSS filed an FIR against Dadan Yadav, Santosh Chaudhary, Prakash Giri, Vishnu Dev and Lucky Singh, who are supporters of the recognised union of ACC, for assaulting their family members on Monday night at the instance of union leader Jairam Singh Yadav.
“The SDO is enquiring into the allegations,” said officer in-charge of Sindri police station Raj Kapoor.