Bongaigaon: Police came under attack on Saturday morning at Bhawlaguri Bodi Bazaar under New Bangai police station area in Assam's Bongaigaon when stones were pelted at them during the lockdown in the area.
According to sources, the incident took place after the police asked the shopkeepers to close the market. Police have arrested four people and a case has been registered against them.
"When the police team asked shopkeepers to shut the market, people pelted stones at them. We fired a few rounds in the air to disperse the crowd and the situation is now under control. No one was injured," said Singha Ram Mili, superintendent of police Bongaigaon.
The country is in a 21-day lockdown which had been imposed to contain the spread of highly contagious coronavirus. A total of 873 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in India, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The centre and all state governments have asked the people to refrain from venturing outside of their houses during the 21-day lockdown. Meanwhile, the Assam government is constructing a coronavirus isolation centre at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, also known as Sarusajai Stadium, in Guwahati on a war footing.
In a move to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the state government has decided to convert the stadium into make-shift hospitals to treat patients suffering from the contagious infection. At least 1,000 people at a time can be quarantined at the facility.
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