Nalgonda,
Dec 12: Uneasy calm prevailed in the district when the BJP activists
attacked Inspector General of Police Rajiv Ratan at Yellareddiguda under
Narketpally mandal on Wednesday.
The BJP enforced
district bandh in protest against an attack on one Hanuman Swamy and
arrest of several Hanuman devotees in Nalgonda town on Tuesday. As part
of bandh, BJP activists staged a rasta-roko at Yellareddiguda village
adjoining Narketpally-Nalgonda road.
Annoyed over the
road blockade program, Rajiv Ratan, who was traveling on the same route
to review bandh situation in the district, beat one of the activists
when they obstructed the IG’s vehicle. In retaliation, the
lathi-wielding activists attacked Rajiv Ratan, who was in plain clothes.
As a result, the IG sustained simple injuries on his neck and hand in
the attack. Alerted by the sudden attack on the IG, the police personnel
stopped the agitators and escorted him from there. Ratan took treatment
at the SP’s office in Nalgonda town and relaxed for a while. Later,
accompanied by DIG and SP, he visited Nalgonda Old City.
Speaking
to the media after the review meeting on the situation prevailing in
the district, Ratan said the situation was under control. He said the
Narketpally police have registered a case against the youth who had
attacked him.
Meanwhile, the district wore a deserted look
due to the total bandh. Business, commercial and educational
institutions and petrol bunks remained closed. The police stopped the
Hanuman devotees’ rally taken out from Ayyappa Temple in Ramagiri as
prohibitory order under Section 144 Cr.P.C. was in force.
In Miryalaguda town and several mandals in the district, the BJP activists staged rasta rokos and took out processions.
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