t least 17 persons were held and 400 booked after a mob of sword-wielding Sikhs attacked policemen, injuring at least four of them, in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Monday.
Policemen were allegedly attacked after permission was denied to hold a public procession in Nanded due to the coronavirus pandemic, an official said.
“Seventeen persons have been detained by Nanded police in connection with the assault on policemen vandalism outside Nanded Gurdwara yesterday [Monday]. Police registered FIR under charges of rioting attempt to murder against several unknown persons," police officials told ANI.
