Several students and unemployed youths of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were injured after police cane charged protestors during a rally demanding filling of backlog posts; peaceful rally turned violent after youths tried to move towards CM house on Sunday near lily talkies square.
Protestors demanding clearing of back log of posts reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes had clashes with police personnel but when the youths tried to move towards CM house they were stopped by the police personnel that they overlooked and continued to make their way by scuffling with police and later when the situation went uncontrolled near lily talkies square police cane charged injuring youths. In the act several students including girls were injured.
The demands for filling of vacant post has been raised for long at different forums by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and rallies have also been organized but nothing happened and on Sunday frustration of the youths took violent form.
After quarrel and clash between the police and agitating students when police found that the rallying youths would turn violent after to disperse the agitating students police resorted to cane charging injuring several students including several girl students. SP Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena said that the organization Rashtiya Anushuchit Jaati aur Jaanjati Yuva Sangh has taken permission for taking out rally from Shahjehani Park to Neelam Park but after the procession reached Neelam Park the youths started agitating and demanding filling of back log posts within 45 days and later they started demanding meeting of CM Shivraj Singh to discuss the issue and while the demands were raised a group among the protestors started stone pelting after which police resorted to cane charging.
Nine police personnel and three police officials were injured in the stone pelting. The police have registered a case under section 147, 148.149,427, 336 and 353 of the IPC. No arrest were made after the cane charging.