According to the reports, few people have been taken under custody for pelting stones at policemen while they were trying to stop them from offering group namaz in a mosque in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh amid the lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak.
Attacks on police
In yet another unacceptable event of an attack on police, a group of people threw stones at a police team in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh when they asked them not to offer group namaz in a mosque on Thursday. Three people have been arrested in the matter and an investigation is underway.
Aligarh: 3 persons have been arrested on charges of pelting stone at a Police party in Bannadevi. Pankaj Srivastava,Circle Officer says,"these ppl gathered at a mosque in Bannadevi to offer namaz. Police reached there&tried to explain them. But they pelted stones at Police"(2.4) pic.twitter.com/kr9fyyZqp9
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“These people gathered at a mosque in the Bannadevi area to offer namaz. Police reached there and tried to explain to them that it is not advisable to perform community prayers when a coronavirus lockdown is in place. But the people did not regard the advice and pelted stones at police,” said Pankaj Srivastava, Circle Officer.
#Breaking | Locals attack cops in Aligarh for objecting to group namaz in a mosque. pic.twitter.com/XvBitTS1gX
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“The police personal had to leave the place as the public got violent. A larger team of police then reached the spot and made the people understand that violence will be strictly dealt with. Three persons have been arrested in connection with the attack,” he added.
Trying to stop people from gathering
This is not a new thing that has happened in UP, a few days back on Wednesday, a Sub-Inspector and a Constable of Uttar Pradesh Police were severely injured when a police team trying to enforce the ongoing lockdown was attacked by a group of villagers in Muzaffarnagar.
As the reports said, the police team was on patrol in Morna village when they noticed locals gathered outside in groups. When they were urged to follow the prohibitory commands, they began pelting stones at the police and some of them even attacked the cops with iron rods.
After the incident, two policemen, a sub-inspector and a constable received severe injuries and were rushed to the district hospital.
‘Police is dedicatedly engaged to make lockdown successful. Police were doing its work with full fidelity when the attack happened. Strict actions will be taken against the attackers,’ SSP Abhishek Yadav said.
