A church become vandalised and a senior policeman become attacked and injured in the course of a protest via way of means of a collection of tribals in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district in Bastar on Monday, police stated. The injured officer is Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Sadanand Kumar, who become visible clutching his head as blood trickled down his face. He has been shifted to a hopsital.
A assembly become known as in via way of means of an Adivasi institution to protest towards a conflict that befell among groups over alleged spiritual conversion in Edka village in Narayanpur district on Sunday, say initial reports.
It fast escalated right into a large argument among opposing groups. Chairs, stones had been thrown round and those got here to blows. Soon, it become a full-scale fight. More safety employees had been known as in to stem the spiralling protests.
Talking to journalists on the hospital, SP Kumar stated that protesters arrived close to Vishwa Dipti Christian School withinside the afternoon and attempted to fee in the direction of a church positioned withinside the college premises.
“After being alerted approximately it, I at once rushed to the spot with different officers and attempted to pacify the protesters. They appeared satisfied and had been approximately to return, however abruptly a person hit me with a stick on my head,” Mr Kumar stated .
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