Over two dozen persons, including policemen, were injured following a clash between activists of Bharatiya Kisan Union and cops inKushinagar on Friday morning.
The police had to open fire and also burst tear gas shells to control the unruly BKU activists who tried to ransack the Jatha police station and managed to snatch the service revolver of a sub-inspector. A heavy police force along with one platoon of Provincial Armed Constabulary has been deployed in the area to avert fresh clash.
Reports said that hundreds of activists of BKU, led by their local leader Dhruv Narain Yadav, gheraoed the Jatha police station, accusing the cops of patronising the gangsters involved in supply of illicit liquor.
It may be mentioned that the local police claimed that the miscreants staged a violent protest as Dhurv, an expelled leader of BKU, faces charges of forgery and they also got a case registered against him. He was trying to terrorise the cops to prevent them from initiating any criminal proceedings against him.
Reports said the agitation suddenly turned violent when the farmers barged into the police station and threw chilly powder in the eyes of the cops, including the station house officer of Jatha police station, and attacked them. Two cops were left with fracture in their hands inthe attack.
The agitators also snatched the service revolver of a sub-inspector. When senior officers got information about the attack, they rushed to Jatha police station with a heavy police force and used forced to chase away the protesters.
later the cops and the BKU activists fought a pitched battle with both pelting stones on each other. Some of them also reportedly opened fire.
Reports said that when the local police were joined by jawans of the PAC, they burst tear gas shells and used full force to chase away the protesters.
According to witnesses, over half-a-dozen policemen and two dozen of protesters were injured in the clash. They were admitted to hospital. A case has been registered and all efforts are on to arrest Dhurv Narain Yadav and his associates.
Police teams are raiding the hideouts of Dhurv Narain Yadav and his associates but the cops have failed to nab them till the time of filing the report.