Raipur, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday ordered a probe into the incident of lathicharge on Congress workers in the state and dumping of garbage in the house of state Minister Amar Agarwal.
Raipur, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday ordered a probe into the incident of lathicharge on Congress workers in the state and dumping of garbage in the house of state Minister Amar Agarwal.
"It's very sad... Chhattisgarh is a peaceful state. We are probing the incidents. The culprits would be booked," the Chief Minister told reporters .
Congress party President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the incident and attacked the Narendra Modi government saying that dictatorship has become a "profession" and the attack would be remembered as an act of "political atrocity"
On Tuesday, Congress workers were lathicharged in Bilaspur district during a protest against state Minister Amar Agarwal.
The Congress workers were beaten by the police after they spilled garbage at Agarwal's house. Over a dozen Congress workers were injured in the lathicharge by the police including senior party leader Atal Srivastava.
State party president Bhupesh Baghel had condemned the incident, and had called for a judicial enquiry.