Several protesters were injured after police cane-charged them and used tear gas to control the violent protesters who torched a truck during protest on Bhopal-Indore Highway at Fanda toll plaza on Friday morning. Six police personnel were also injured in stone pelting by the protesters.
According to police, the mob of farmers, who gathered in parts, turned violent by indulging in stone pelting forcing the police personnel to resort to cane-charge.
Superintendent of Police Bhopal (North) Arvind Saxena said that the more than 1,000 protesters turned violent at Fanda toll plaza at around 10 am, the mob then torched a truck and broke window panes of several vehicles at the spot.
Two City Superintendents and one SHO and three police personnel were injured in the violent protest, he added.
Saxena said that from their appearances the protesters were not looking like farmers and later when few of them were arrested it was found that they have been earlier and were involved in criminal activities.
A case of arson and damaging Government property was registered against seven protestors who torched the parked truck at the spot. The seven arrested protesters were identified as Dhan Singh, Santosh Mewada, Govind Mewada(27), Jasrath Mewada(35), Vanvari laljiram (40) of Sehore and Abhisek Singh(21) and Rajesh Meena (25) of Bhopal.
The indefinite strike called by the farmers across parts of Madhya Pradesh has also affected the bus services in the capital city Bhopal.
Administration was informed regarding the protest and traffic jam which was scheduled at Fanda toll plaza but the protestors turned violent and vandalized vehicles and torched a truck.
Congress claimed party’s Bhopal District Rural President Avinash Bhargava and more than 100 Congressmen have been arrested and sent to jail.