Azamgarh: Eleven people were injured
when villagers, demanding arrest of some persons, blocked
road traffic and clashed with police in Maharajganj area here
today.
The villagers staged a demonstration and disrupted
vehicular traffic near Raghunathpur village demanding arrest
of some persons allegedly involved in an attack on a man last
evening.
When police used force to disperse them, the protesters
clashed with them and indulged in stone-pelting, Additional
Superintendent of Police Sarvesh Kumar Rana said.
Eleven people, including three policemen, were injured
in the violence, he said adding additional police personnel
were deployed in trouble-torn areas.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, July 07, 2010, 21:44