Five Himachal cops sustain burns tackling protesters
By IANSTuesday, May 25, 2010
SHIMLA - Five Himachal Pradesh policemen sustained burn injuries Tuesday when they tried to prevent a group of protesters from burning an effigy, police said.
“Five police personnel got burn injuries when they prevented the activists of the Youth Congress from burning the effigy of Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at Rohru town,” Superintendent of Police R.M. Sharma told IANS. Rohru is located some 120 km from Shimla.
He said the activists were staging a protest against poor health services in the town.
“As the protesters tried to burn the effigy, police snatched it. In the meantime, one of the protesters ignited the effigy,” Sharma said.
One of the policemen, who was seriously injured, has been referred to the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital here.
