Sporadic incidents of stone pelting by the members of two political groups, followed by tear-gas shells lobbed by police to bring the situation under control, disturbed peace in Bodhan, a town in Telangana’s Nizamabad district, on Sunday afternoon. Police imposed prohibitory restrictions to restore peace.
Trouble erupted around noon when some members of a political party noticed the ‘illegal’ and overnight installation of the Shivaji statue at a junction near the railway tracks and staged a protest. Members of two groups picked up a heated argument and were later involved in the bout of stone-pelting in which a police constable and several others suffered injuries.
Nizamabad Commissioner of Police K R Nagaraju said that they imposed prohibitory orders in the town in a bid to control the situation and to prohibit further escalation of the matter. The Internet services were also suspended in the area. “We have imposed Section 144 and the situation is under control,” he said.
