The situation in the area is tense due to the violent protest by the people of Satnami community in Baloda Bazaar of Chhattisgarh on Monday. It has come to light that the police have detained more than 60 people on charges of violence and arson. At the same time, the police is also interrogating them. More than 25 policemen have been seriously injured in the entire incident. Before the violent protest, the protesters had broken the CCTV cameras. More than 7-8 thousand protesters were present on the spot.
According to the information, this demonstration was being held in Mahkoni village of Girodpuri a few days ago demanding a CBI inquiry into the cutting of the Jaitkham of Saint Amardas’ Tapobhoomi. In protest against this, a large number of people of Satnami community reached Baloda Bazar on Monday, where they surrounded the Collectorate and protested fiercely. People were protesting together in Dussehra ground, when this demonstration took a violent turn. However, seeing the seriousness of the situation, a large number of police force was also deployed on the spot.
In this case, the police have detained more than 50 to 60 people late in the evening. The protesters did break the CCTV cameras, but when the protest took place, drone surveillance was going on. People have been identified and detained on the basis of drone footage. Chhattisgarh Police is interrogating them.
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On Monday, people of Chhattisgarh Satnami Samaj had gathered at Dussehra ground in Baloda Bazar. The number of protesters was 7 to 8 thousand who had gathered there from all over the state. Later, the prominent people involved in the protest were advised to submit a memorandum at Garden Chowk, but they rejected this advice. At 02.45 pm, the crowd that had come to protest moved forward in the form of a rally raising slogans.
The first barricade was erected near Garden Chowk, where they broke the barricade and moved ahead. After this, the entire rally, leaderless and shouting slogans in a planned manner, reached near Chakrapani School, where a big barricade was erected and they pushed and shoved the police officers and staff deployed on duty, beat them with sticks and seriously injured them and broke the barricade. From there, the protesters proceeded forward pelting stones.
The police tried hard to stop them, but the crowd turned violent and climbed on the fire brigade parked nearby and broke it. They set it on fire using the petrol and diesel they had brought with them and moved ahead. Near the Joint Collectorate Office, the rioters turned violent and pelted stones and beat up police officers and employees with sticks and injured them. They vandalised and set fire to about 100 government and private motorcycles and more than 30 four-wheelers parked in the Collectorate premises.
The rioters also set fire to the joint office building of the police office, burning down the records of the police office. After setting fire to the joint office building, they vandalised and damaged the vehicles parked in the tehsil office and the divider on the main road of the city. The CCTV cameras installed on the city roads to monitor the city were broken.
This violence was carried out by the workers and officials of Bhim Army, Bhim Regiment and Bhim Krantiveer Sena. In the disturbance caused by these people, more than 25 police officers, employees and administrative officers of Balodabazar-Bhatapara district and other districts were seriously injured, who are undergoing treatment. The vandalism, arson etc. done by the rioters is being assessed.