Two cops hurt as protest against ethanol plant turns violent in Telangana; police vehicle torched
Hyderabad: A protest by villagers against an ethanol company turned violent in Narayanpet district of Telangana on Sunday, leaving two police personnel injured and a police vehicle was allegedly set on fire by the protesters.
The incident happened in Chittanoor village in Marikal mandal of the district after several villagers gathered there a day after stopping a tanker and holding a dharna on the road.
The protesters alleged the tanker was carrying pollutants discharged by the ethanol plant, which is located near their village, and was dumping the waste in their area and polluting it.
The district authorities had assured the villagers that a team of officials would look into the matter and take up verification.
Revenue and police officials were negotiating with the representatives of the protesters. However, some among them started pelting stones on the officials, a senior police official told PTI.
Mild tension prevailed in the area even as the protesters allegedly set on fire a police vehicle and damaged another one, prompting the police to resort to lathi-charges to disperse the protesting villagers.
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