Miscreants raised 'kill police' slogans: police

Police alleged in an FIR that people of Padarayanapura in the city raised slogans 'kill police' when the team went to quarantine some people. Around 100 to 120 people rushed out onto the road targeting the police and health workers who wanted to pick up primary and secondary contacts of Coronavirus patients.

Bengaluru:The miscreants who had attacked police and healthcare workers at Padarayanapura in the city on Sunday night had raised slogans 'kill police' when the team went to quarantine some people, the police alleged in an FIR.

Around 100 to 120 people rushed out onto the road targeting the police and health workers who wanted to pick up primary and secondary contacts of Coronavirus patients.

Cases have been registered against the miscreants based on the complaint of police officers.

In one of the FIRs, police sub-inspector Raman Gowda complained that when he went to quarantine 43 people with the
healthcare officers, around 120 people rushed out and attacked them.

"The group of people holding sticks and stones rushed from Arafat Nagar," Gowda said.

When he was trying to stop them from destroying a CCTV camera, the mob attacked him shouting slogans 'Kill the
police. Don't spare them," he alleged in the FIR.

"They wanted to kill us with stones and sticks and some of our staff sustained injuries," the officer said.

According to police, 59 people have been arrested including A woman who had allegedly masterminded the attack.

(PTI REPORT)