A church became vandalised and a senior policeman became attacked and injured throughout a protest with the aid of using a set of tribals in Chhattisgarh`s Narayanpur district in Bastar on Monday, police stated.
The injured officer is Narayanpur Superintendent of Police Sadanand Kumar, who became visible clutching his head as blood trickled down his face. He has been shifted to a hopsital.
A assembly became known as in with the aid of using an Adivasi organization to protest in opposition to a conflict that passed off among groups over alleged non secular conversion in Edka village in Narayanpur district on Sunday, say initial reports.
It quick escalated right into a huge argument among opposing groups. Chairs, stones had been thrown round and those got here to blows. Soon, it changed into a full-scale fight.
Talking to journalists on the hospital, SP Kumar stated that protesters arrived close to Vishwa Dipti Christian School withinside the afternoon and attempted to rate closer to a church placed withinside the faculty premises.
After being alerted approximately it, I without delay rushed to the spot with different officers and attempted to pacify the protesters. They regarded satisfied and had been approximately to return, however all at once a person hit me with a stick on my head,” Mr Kumar stated .