HC seeks MoD's reply over army men's attack on police station

The Madhya Pradesh High Court today sought a reply from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on alleged vandalism by around 150 army personnel at Vijay Nagar Police station here last year.
A division bench of Justices P K Jaiswal and Alok Varma, based on a petition filed by social activist Pramod Kumar Dwivedi, today issued a notice to the ministry and sought its reply within six weeks.
"The court has given six weeks time to the Ministry of Defence to reply on the issue," petitioner's advocate Manish Yadav told reporters.
The petitioner had alleged that nearly 150 army personnel had created a ruckus, manhandled policemen and vandalised the police station. It was also stated that they allegedly took away a service rifle of a policeman.

Dwivedi also alleged that on September 9, 2015, army personnel had a dispute with on-duty policemen near a liquor bar during which police had allegedly beaten up some army men. Apparently, the vandalism by soldiers the next day was the fallout of that incident.
"For the last six months, no action was taken in the matter against the policemen concerned and also army men and therefore, we have filed a petition urging the court to issue directives for proper action in this connection," Yadav said.
According to him, Madhya Pradesh government has already filed its reply on the issue.