The incident took place shortly after the shop opened around 7 am. The women assaulted the employees of the shop and destroyed bottles of liquor before setting the shop on fire, they said.
"They could only be pacified after police personnel reached the spot and spoke to them," said ASP Ramnayan Yadav.
Fire brigade swung into action soon after and were able to bring the blaze under control after some time. However, the shop still incurred losses worth lakhs of rupees, police said.
"We had protested against this liquor shop earlier too. However, neither the police nor the excise department did anything about it. The government should close this shop or else we will continue our agitation," a protester said.
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