200 cops booked for drunken brawl with slum dwellers
Around two hundred policemen were booked under various sections of IPC after they allegedly clashed with locals of the Harijan Basti in inebriated state on Wednesday night.
According to the police the confrontation that started around 10:30 pm continued till the wee hours of Thursday.
Heavy police had to be deployed in the area to bring the situation under control. Tension, however, resumed later in the day on Thursday when the local residents blocked road in protest against the incident
“The residents of the area have alleged that late on Wednesday night, several trainee constables, after consuming alcohol, were throwing empty bottles at the Basti,” said Brij Bhushan, station house officer of Adarsh Nagar.
When the Basti people confronted the constables, a clash ensued between them.
“Police had to be deployed in large numbers to control the situation and finally around 2:30am on Thursday the fighting stopped. However, the local residents jammed the road later in the day to protest against the unruly behavious of the constables,” said the police.
The residents also met state BJP president Ashok Parnami demanding action against the cops.
“We have registered cases against 200 trainee recruits of the police wireless centre under various sections of the SC/ST Act, sections 143, 323, 341, 452 and 336 of the IPC. Further investigation is going on in the case,” said Bhushan. More than 100 police personnel from around five nearby police stations have been deployed to avert untoward incidents in the area.