Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists on Thursday went on the rampage by blocking traffic on the highway in Petlawad of Jhabua district demanding action against the police personnel who had allegedly beaten up four volunteers of the Sangh. The activists also gave a call for bandh on Friday.
Three RSS pracharaks and a BJP mandal president had allegedly incited a mob to set fire to a kiosk that belonged to a youth of a certain community late on October 12 night.
The police also arrested six other youths in the case who have been remanded in judicial custody. The three pracharaks are Mukul Chauhan, Vikas Joshi and Pankaj Prajapati, while the mandal president has been identified as Shankar Rathore.
As soon as the news of the four RSS members being allegedly beaten up by the police spread, several activists gathered at the Gandhi
Chowk area and blocked the traffic for more than two hours demanding action against the policemen.
They also demanded that an an FIR should be registered against the policemen for attempt to murder and that the personnel should be immediately suspended. Further, the RSS activists have also announced a bandh in district headquarters on Friday.
This is the second such recent incident where the RSS activists have resorted to coercive tactics to put pressure on the administration to act against police officials. The Additional Superintendent of Police in Balaghat Rajesh Sharma and Baihar SHO Zia-ul Haque were suspended after RSS district pracharak Suresh Yadav was allegedly beaten up the police. Yadav had allegedly posted offensive content online.