Varanasi: Several police personnel, including ACP (Sarnath) Vidush Saxena. were injured in a clash between villagers and police in Nehiya village under Cholapur police station area on Friday.Police used force to disperse the villagers. Following information about the incident, forces from several police stations and DCP Varuna Pramod Kumar also reached the spot. The injured police personnel have been sent to hospital for treatment.According to reports, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, members of the Dalit community had placed Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s flag on the gate of Batuk Bhairavnath temple. However, members of another organisation arrived and objected to Ambedkar’s flag being placed on the gate. Police defused the situation by getting the flag removed. Meanwhile, rumours also spread about Ambedkar’s posters being burned, following which police formed a team to investigate the matter.Following this incident, members of the Dalit community gathered on Friday morning and began staging a protest. They demanded that Ambedkar’s flag be reinstated on the gate. After receiving information about the incident, forces from Cholapur and several other police stations, along with ACP (Sarnath) Vidush Saxena, reached the spot.During this time, members of the Dalit community people began raising slogans. Stones were pelted at police from the side of the Dalit community, in which ACP along with several police personnel were injured. Forces from multiple locations and senior police officials also reached the spot to bring the situation under control.
