A police constable was on Tuesday night attacked by locals here at Chadan Nagar area, when the cop advised peolle to remain indoor during lockdown.
Police were quick to arrest five of them and is planning to slap National Security Act (NSA) on four of them. They include Salim (24), Sallu (50), Javed (30) and Imran (24) ..Beat constable Surendra Singh from Chandan Nagar area, a hotspot of Covid19, had gone to a local area and saw people on the roads. On being asked the locals said they were out to buy vegetables whereas all shops have been closed by district administration.
When the constable accompanied by member of Nagar Suraksha Samiti, asked offenders to retreat to their houses, the locals assaulted them with stones and the two ran away to save themselves. Heavy force was deployed in the area soon after.
MC Jain, Superintendent of Police (West) also issued orders that beat constables would go for patrolling with at least half a dozen force from now on.Jain told that these are isolated incidents and police crackdown on violators with disdain.“We have arrested five of the six accused on Tuesday night and plan to slap two of them with NSA,” Jain added lauding the constable’s bravery saying he ran away only to return 30 sec after and arrested one of the attackers on the spot.
Two women doctors were attacked by locals in Taatpati Bakhal area last week during medical examination and administration had slapped NSA on four of the 13 arrested accused. Notably, Indore is Covid19 hotspot in Madhya Pradesh and number of infected patients has risen to 173 on Wednesday including 16 deaths. However 14 of the infected patients have recovered completely.