Jalgaon (Maharashtra), Police is there to protect people. But something happened in Jalgaon, Maharashtra at midnight that the police itself had to struggle to save its life. The police had caught the accused of rape and murder of a minor girl and brought him to the police station. But the police wanted to punish the accused themselves. At midnight, thousands of people reached the police station and started demanding to hand over the accused. When the police did not accept their demand, the crowd became furious and attacked the police station. They pelted stones heavily. At least 8 policemen were injured in this. There is tension in the entire area.
In fact, the police had arrested the accused in the case of raping and murdering a 6-year-old girl. As soon as the police took him into custody and reached Jamner police station, thousands of people gathered. The crowd was demanding the accused to be given in their custody. They said that the accused should be handed over to them. They will do justice to him themselves. When the police refused to do so, the crowd became aggressive. They surrounded the police station. They started shouting slogans. Even after this, when the police did not accept their demand, the angry crowd started pelting stones at the police station itself.
VIDEO | Maharashtra: Protest erupted in #Jalgaon late on Thursday over rape and murder of a minor girl.
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