The locals enraged over arrest of a person on the charge of violating lockdown orders, pelted stones on police personnel.
A video of the said incident also went viral in which the locals are chasing and pelting the police personnel with stones under Raoji Bazaar police station. The police are now looking for those involved in the incident.
Raoji Bazaar area is listed under Covid19 containment zones but over 50 locals had gathered in a local burial ground and the police probing the lockdown breach had arrested a man in this connection on Monday after lodging a case under section 188 of IPC.
Angered by the police action, locals took to streets in protest and also gheraoed the police station.
The locals were raising slogans against the police and when the police personnel asked them to retreat, they declined to budge prompting the police force to resort to use of force after which some of the protesters started pelting stones on the police.
A number of locals including women in violation of lockdown orders had taken to streets in protest of the police action which they called ‘bullying of police –administration’.
Notably, Indore is among worst affected districts among corona outbreak and the city till date has reported 2637 cases including 103 deaths.
In the past, police personnel were attacked in Chandan Nagar area and medical team was assaulted by locals in Taatpatti Bakhal area during a medical survey.
To add, entire Indore district has been kept in red zone as part of lockdown 4.0 measures announced by State Government on Monday.