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A disturbing video showing an on-duty pistillate constable being assaulted and having her apparel torn during an anti-mining protestation successful Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh territory has surfaced connected societal media, triggering outrage.
“Two men person been arrested successful transportation with the incidental truthful far, and efforts are being made to place others progressive successful the crime,” constabulary said connected Friday (January 3, 2026).
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The incidental took spot connected December 27, 2025 successful the Tamnar artifact erstwhile a protestation by residents of 14 villages against a ember mining task turned violent. According to police, a pistillate constable was near unsocial among the mob successful a field, wherever she was assaulted.
In the video that surfaced connected societal media connected Thursday (January 1, 2025), the constable is seen lying connected the ground, crying and pleading for mercy arsenic 2 men rip her apparel disconnected and question her beingness astatine the protestation site.
She is heard crying continuously with folded hands and repeatedly requesting them to fto her go. “Don’t tear, bhai. I volition not bash anything. I did not deed anyone,” she says.
One of the accused is seen pulling her torn clothes, portion different films the battle and aboriginal threatens her with a sandal and screams astatine her.
“Two of the alleged molesters, some section residents, were arrested and, based connected their statements and integer evidence, much radical progressive successful the incidental are being identified,” Inspector General of Police, Bilaspur Range, Sanjeev Shukla said.
“The accused person been booked connected charges of molestation, effort to murder, loot and different offences,” helium said, adding that further probe is nether way.
A blurred video of the battle was shared connected Facebook by the All India Mahila Congress connected Friday (January 2, 2026).
“The video of a pistillate constabulary constable being assaulted and having her apparel torn successful Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, is highly disturbing. If adjacent pistillate constabulary officers are not safe, what anticipation is determination for mean citizens? “It is wide that the double-engine BJP authorities has wholly failed connected the fronts of women's information and instrumentality and order,” it wrote.
State Congress connection caput Sushil Anand Shukla described the occurrence arsenic horrifying and shameful, and said the authorities indispensable introspect connected wherefore choler against the constabulary and medication was increasing among the masses. He claimed radical were losing religion successful the system.
Clashes broke retired past week betwixt constabulary and locals adjacent Libra colony wherever the second had been protesting since December 12, 2025, demanding cancellation of the nationalist proceeding held for the projected Gare Pelma Sector-I ember artifact allotted to Jindal Power Limited.
The locals fearfulness nonaccomplishment of livelihood, assemblage displacement and different difficulties owed to mining successful the area. Several policemen, including 2 officials, were injured aft protesters allegedly resorted to stone-pelting.
The mob allegedly acceptable ablaze a constabulary bus, a jeep and an ambulance, too damaging respective different authorities vehicles. Protesters besides stormed the ember handling works of Jindal Power adjacent Libra colony and torched a conveyor belt, 2 tractors and different vehicles, portion vandalising bureau premises.
Villagers had claimed that the concern turned tense aft constabulary attempted to region protesters from the objection site.
During the violence, a radical of women allegedly assaulted Station House Officer of Tamnar constabulary presumption Kamla Pusam, causing her injuries.
A time aft the violence, the Raigarh medication said it had initiated the cancellation process of the nationalist proceeding held for the project.
