Mob units Agra police chowki afire after youth dies in highway crash

Image Source : INDIA TV Mob units Agra police chowki afire after youth dies in highway crash
A conflict broke out in Agra between cops and scores of people that had been indignant over the dying of a person in a highway crash and set a police chowki and a few autos on hearth on Thursday, officers stated.
A youth was hospitalised when he received severely injured after a tractor-trailer overturned within the district on Thursday morning. He died throughout therapy at a hospital, Inspector General (Agra Range) A Satish Ganesh stated.
The incident befell within the Tajganj police space and the Tora police chowki was set on hearth, prompting deployment of heavy pressure, in line with the officers.

“Some rowdy elements started vandalising the local police chowki, set it on fire and some vehicles parked outside it. They tried to disrupt the law and order, prompting deployment of adequate force at the site, including senior officers,” Ganesh stated.
The physique has been despatched for a autopsy, he stated, including regulation and order has been restored and the state of affairs is beneath management.
Those concerned within the firing and vandalisation might be recognized with the assistance of CCTV footage and delivered to the guide, he added.
Earlier, movies surfaced on social media purportedly displaying policemen and a mob pelting one another with stones. Several policemen had been in partial riot gears, the visuals confirmed.
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