manhandled police personnel here after which five persons, including two women, were arrested, police said today.
The incident took place on Friday evening when a group of villagers arrived at Palakne outpost on the pretext of lodging a complaint regarding construction of a compund wall of 'goshala' (cow shelter), Assistant Police Inspector G K Matondkar told PTI.
"While they were lodging the complaint, few of villagers hurled stones aimed at duty officer sub-inspector R G Patil. After sometime, five people entered the outpost and started manhandling Patil and another duty policeman, Govind Ware, who was injured in attack," the officer said.
The villagers attacked the personnel because they believed the police to be supporting the construction of a compound wall of the goshala, which locals are opposing, Matondkar said.
A case was lodged against the five accused under sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the IPC.
They were identified as Ganesh Gode, Abhijeet Rane, his sister Anjana, Sanjay Patil, Suvarna Patil.