Video of woman constable being stripped during violent Chhattisgarh anti-mining protest sparks outrage, 2 arrested
While the violence took place on December 27, a video of the assault on the police constable surfaced on social media later.
A woman police constable was stripped and assaulted after an anti-mining protest in Raigarh turned violent, leaving police outnumbered and retreating. (Image enhanced using AI) An on-duty woman police constable was stripped by some men during an anti-mining protest that turned violent in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district.
While the violence took place on December 27, a video of the assault on the police constable surfaced on social media later, and two people have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Residents from 14 villages of Tamnar block in Raigarh have been protesting against a proposed coal mining project in their area. On December 27, the protest turned violent, with a huge mob of over a thousand villagers torching vehicles, assaulting police personnel, pelting stones and damaging private property.
The police were outnumbered and had to retreat. In the video, the woman constable appears to have been left behind in the field, fending for herself.
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