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Strict enforcement of lockdown led to police-public confrontations across the state on Wednesday.
In this regard, a group of morning shoppers pelted police with stones after being stopped in Aligarh, two cops faced action for stopping farmers from going to fields in Bahraich, a cop was injured while calming down two warring parties in Saharanpur and cops were heckled when they stopped a car occupied by three girls on Lohia Path in Lucknow and another was manhandled at Sadar railway crossing on Wednesday.
In Aligarh, two policemen were injured when some shopkeepers hurled stones at them in Bhujipura area on Wednesday morning. A team from Kotwali police station went to the area to close down the vegetable market, where two shoppers came to a head. As the cops tried to intervene, local traders started pelting stones causing injuries to two policemen. Later additional force was sent and the troublemakers were chased away.
An FIR was registered against 10 persons and some people were detained.
In Saharanpur, six persons, including a cop, were injured in a clash between two groups in Deoband area on Wednesday. Two persons were later arrested in this connection.
Dharmendra and Suresh Pal of Mirazpur village of Deoband entered into a scuffle over a trivial issue and were joined by their supporters and soon and a free for all ensued that left five persons injured. A cop who tried to defuse the situation was also attacked and left injured. Two country-made pistols were later recovered from the spot.
A case was registered and investigations were underway.
In Lucknow, a policeman was injured after being attacked by some residents of Sadar area when he tried to stop them from going into a sealed area across a rail track on Wednesday morning.
Similarly at Lohia Path, female occupants of a car heckled cops and created a scene after they were stopped for checking. The vehicle was later challaned.
In Bahraich, two constables, Arun Singh and Abhiveer Singh of Baundi police station, were sent to lines for assaulting farmers at Kandausapurwa area. The cops had gone to the area after being tipped-off that some locals were gambling there. While chasing the miscreants, they cane-charged some farmers who were headed to their fields. As villagers protested, senior officers sent both constables to Police Lines.