Six cops injured as villagers clash with police in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur coal mine protest
At least half a dozen police personnel, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, clashed with villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district on Friday (July 24, 2026).The police said that they were attacked by a mob when they had gone to arrest an accused in a pending criminal case. The villagers asserted that the police team was accompanying a survey team for land acquisition for mining, a claim contested by a senior police officer. However, we did not expect the opposition to turn so violent.
- ▪At least half a dozen police personnel, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, clashed with villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district on Friday (July 24, 2026).The police said that they were attacked by a mob when they had gone to
- ▪The villagers asserted that the police team was accompanying a survey team for land acquisition for mining, a claim contested by a senior police officer.
- ▪However, we did not expect the opposition to turn so violent.
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At least half a dozen police personnel, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, clashed with villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district on Friday (July 24, 2026).The police said that they were attacked by a mob when they had gone to arrest an accused in a pending criminal case. The villagers asserted that the police team was accompanying a survey team for land acquisition for mining, a claim contested by a senior police officer. “The situation escalated after the police attacked an elderly person.” according to the village Sarpanch.The incident occurred in the morning in the Dharampur-Madannagar villages within the jurisdiction of Pratappur police station where the police team had gone to arrest some accused,Surajpur Additional Superintendent of Police Yogesh Dewangan told…
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