Five more persons were arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Sunday over the alleged assault on policemen in Gorra village on January 1 amid communal tensions that led to the vandalisation of a church the next day.
IGP, Bastar range, Sundarraj P said 26 persons have so far been arrested in connection with the incidents in Gorra village and Narayanpur city. The alleged assault on the police on January 1 had come as a group of Christian tribals allegedly attacked members of the majority tribes in Gorra village.