Five UP police personnel attacked while trying to stop party

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), April 21 (IANS) Five police personnel, including a station in-charge, were injured and their vehicle was damaged in stone pelting when they tried to stop a dinner party being hosted by a zila panchayat candidate.According to the police, they got information of violation of the model code of conduct and Covid-19 protocol in the Mudiliya village and immediately sent a police team on Tuesday night.Though the police initially stopped the party and returned to the police station, the organiser Sonu Pradhan and his supporters shifted the venue to a nearby place.When the police personnel reached there for the second time, the organisers and their supporters misbehaved with them and indulged in stone pelting.Five police personnel including station in-charge Lokesh Bhatti, a Sub-Inspector, and three constables were injured.SP Gaurav Grover told reporters that action would be taken against the accused persons.The panchayat elections in Mathura are scheduled on April 29.
--IANS amita/rs