Six police personnel, including a woman inspector, were injured in an attack by a mob as violence erupted during an anti-liquor rally on the International Women's Day in Odisha's Kendrapara district.
The mob went berserk as locals, including women, took out an anti-liquor campaign at Namatara village as part of women's day observance, Kendrapara SP Satish Kumar Gajaviye said.
As the procession approached an IMFL shop in the heart of the village, the mob vandalised the liquor shop.
Policemen were attacked as they were trying to pacify the stone pelting mob which then brickbatted the cops and torched a police jeep, the SP said.
Among the injured is lady inspector of Rajkanika police station Sandhyarani Beura.
The injured policemen are out of danger.
"Police reinforcements from the district headquarters reached the spot. The situation is tense but under control," he said.
Local MLA Debendra Sharma, however, accused the police for the violence, blaming them for using force on peaceful picketers which resulted in the flare-up.
