Three policemen were injured after a mob of 400, who tried to block the Ahmedabad-Unjha Highway in Mehsana district today, pelted stones, a senior offciial said.
The police fired tear gas shells to control the mob.
"A mob of around 400-500 people had gathered at the highway connecting Ahmedabad and Unjha at Brahmanwada village to block the road," said Mehsana Superintendent of Police Chaitanya Mandlik.
The call to block the road was given by Kshatriya Thakore Sena - a group of Thakor community headed by OBC leader Alpesh Thakor - to protest alleged attack on members of their group by a bootlegger at Sidhpur bordering Patan district.
"Protesting members of Thakor Sena attacked the police who were deployed there to ensure that the road is not blocked, by pelting stones at them. We fired six teargas shells to control the mob," Mandlik added.
He said three police constables sustained injuries in the incident.
"The protesters were demanding action against a bootlegger who had attacked members of the Thakor Sena at Sidhpur in Patan district. We managed to disperse the crowd but it left three constables injured," the officer said.
