TI attacked with axe, sickles while clearing blockade in Sidhi

Bhopal: A police station in-charge was seriously injured on Monday after being attacked with an axe and sickles while trying to clear a road blockade in Madhya Pradesh’s Sidhi district.Indraj Singh, in-charge of Kamarji police station, sustained severe head injuries and received 12 stitches after a group allegedly assaulted him during a protest over an encroachment dispute in Patpara village.According to police, tension had been simmering in the village for long over alleged encroachment on a government access road. Residents had submitted complaints to local authorities demanding action.Frustrated over the delay, villagers staged a road blockade around noon on Monday, disrupting traffic.On being alerted, TI Indraj Singh reached the spot with a police team and attempted to persuade the protesters to disperse. During the intervention, some members of the crowd allegedly attacked him with sharp-edged weapons.The officer collapsed after sustaining serious head injuries. His colleagues rescued him from the crowd and rushed him to the district hospital in Sidhi, where he remains under treatment.

Senior officials, including Churhat SDM Vikas Kumar Anand and police teams from five stations, later reached the village and brought the situation under control.“The officer’s condition is stable. He is under observation at the hospital. We have identified seven accused and registered a case. A few have been detained, and a search is on for the rest,” Sidhi SP Santosh Kori told TOI.Police said raids are underway to arrest the remaining accused, and further investigation is in progress.