The incident took place last night when a senior RSS worker Govind Raikwar was on a bus from Panna to Simaria and one Bhagwan Das Pandey who was seated next to him began smoking a bidi.
Raikwar asked Pandey to stop smoking but when the latter refused, the former snatched the bidi from the latter's mouth and threw it away, a police official said.
The incident led to a verbal duel between them. After the bus reached Amaanganj, Pandey went to the local police station and filed a report against Raikwar.
Later, RSS and Bajrang Dal workers staged a protest before the police station, demanding action against the policemen.
Panna Superintendent of Police (SP) I P Arjaria directed a case of manhandling to be registered against the three policemen and suspended them.
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