Lathicharge and water cannon shower on protesters?
Lathicharge and water cannon shower on protesters?
There is a controversy over the construction of a mosque in Sanjauli area of shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. Many Hindu organizations of the state had called for all the people to gather on september 11 at 11 am. Even before this, the police had blocked many places on Tuesday. Not only this, more than a thousand police personnel were deployed in Sanjauli area. people were also being stopped from movement by barricading in Dhali. Allegations were also made that the police detained many protesters outside shimla city and did not allow them to enter the city.
Protesters first gathered in the fruit market
At 11:30, a large number of protesters gathered in the fruit market near Dhali tunnel. Sloganeering continued there for a long time. After this, about 500 people marched from the fruit market towards Dhali tunnel. The police had put up a 15 feet long barricade in the Dhali tunnel.
After a 10 minute struggle, this barricade was removed and the crowd moved rapidly towards the mosque through the Dhali tunnel. Here, shimla police had put up another barricade before the mosque. The crowd wanted to reach close to the mosque.
police lathicharged
As soon as the crowd reached about 200 meters from the mosque, a large number of police personnel were deployed here. At first, the police personnel tried to drive the people away from here, but they were not successful in it. After this, the police lathicharged the protesters. An attempt was made to disperse the crowd with the lathicharge. About seven people were badly injured in the lathicharge. Among them, Raju Thakur was the most seriously injured, who was taken to indira gandhi Medical college for treatment. Apart from this, stones were also thrown by the crowd during the lathicharge. police personnel were also injured due to stone pelting and jostling. The number of injured police personnel is around seven. women police personnel are also included in this.