Ambedkar Nagar, UP:

A video of Uttar Pradesh policemen raining lathis on girls and shouting abuses has sparked allegations of police excesses. The police declare they used “minor force” after the ladies began throwing stones at them and their automobiles.

The video, now viral, is from Jalalpur in Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar district. The police had been performing in opposition to girls protesting over the vandalism of a statue of BR Ambedkar within the space just lately. The protests set off a dispute over the land on which the statue stands.

A bunch of ladies was protesting on the spot on Sunday when the police arrived to disperse them. According to the police, among the protesters began throwing stones on the cops, together with a senior officer.

In one other video, some girls had been seen attacking and pulling on the hair of feminine police personnel.

“During the chaos, some protestors also attacked and vandalised a police car,” stated senior Ambedkar Nagar police officer Ajit Kumar Sinha.

Police then had to make use of “minor force” to deliver the scenario below management, he added.