13 Cops Injured…
New Delhi: A protest turned violent in Madhya Pradesh over the alleged gang rape and murder of a tribal woman. Protesters attacked a police station, officials have said.
An inspector and 13 other cops were injured after the protesters threw stones at them.
They vandalized the police vehicles at Badgonda police station as well in Indore's Mhow, they informed.
On Wednesday evening, the 23-year-old woman was found dead following which her family members and some tribal groups protested outside the police station keeping her body on the road.
Her family has alleged she was abducted, raped, and murdered by a man from the Patidar community in their village only.
The woman was living and studying at Dhamnod for the last few years.
"Yadunandan Patidar abducted my daughter from Dhamnod and killed her after the gangrape in our village," the woman's father said.
Police fired many rounds in the air and used tear gas shells to disperse the massive crowd after the protest turned violent, police station in-charge Dharmendra Thakur said.
Sources told that a tribal man was killed in the firing during the protest.
State Home Minister Narottam Mishra said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into this matter and the investigation is going on.
On Thursday, 16 March 2023, he also met the family members of the victim.
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