Stones hurled at cops during action against bootleggers

Nagpur: Persnnel from Ajni and other police stations came under heavy stone pelting from the families of bootleggers and those running gambling dens, during a raid at Rahatenagar Toli near Ramteke Nagar on Monday evening. A jeep belonging to Ajni police station was damaged in the incident.
A mob of around 300-400 persons, mostly women and minors, resorted to stone pelting on the police vehicle when cops were rounding up bootleggers and gamblers.
City police chief Amitesh Kumar, who rushed to the spot along with a substantial force from different units, said that no cop was injured as the slum-dwellers basically vented their ire on only one of the police vehicles for unspecified reason. “Around 18-20 people were rounded up following the incident. We are verifying the role of women too,” said the CP.
Senior inspector Vinod Choudhury of Ajni police station said that he had entered the criminal-infested locality with a substantial manpower from different police stations. “Police do not enter this locality in small numbers due to possibility of retaliation from the locals. We walked in after parking our vehicles outside the locality. We were attacked while arresting the bootleggers and gamblers,” he said.
“We sent the arrested goons to the police stations, thereby failing the attempt of their people to wrench them away,” he said.