Four policemen were injured when a mob, enraged by the kidnapping of a girl, attacked a police station in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan.
Gudha police station SHO Ashok Chaudhary suffered head injuries and three other policemen were also injured in the incident that took place yesterday.
"Nearly 100 people were demonstrating in front of the Gudha police station in support of their demand for bringing back the girl who was abducted few days back from the area.
"Some of them suddenly entered the police station and attacked the SHO and other policemen and damaged a police jeep and other properties of the police station," Additional SP, Jhunjhunu, Naresh Kumar Meena said today.
The SHO informed that 59 people were nabbed under Section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offences) of the CrPC.
The case of kidnapping of the girl was lodged on August 3 and the family members and relatives of the girl were demanding that she be rescued.
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