- By Raju Kumar
- Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:27 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
- Three police personnel, including ACP, injured in stone pelting.
- Incident occurred near Tolstoy Marg, NDMC intersection in Delhi.
- Police used lathi charge to control situation; investigation launched.
Three police personnel, including ACP Bhagat Singh, were injured after a group of unidentified men resorted to stone pelting at Tolstoy Marg, near the NDMC intersection in Delhi, around 8.30 pm on Wednesday.
Police immediately brought the situation under control with a lathi charge. Three policemen from the Connaught Place police station were injured in the incident. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital.
ACP injured in stone-pelting near Tolstoy traffic signal: Delhi Police
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Among the injured is ACP Bhagat Singh, who has been admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Police have increased security at the scene and launched further investigations. Tension remains in the area.
Police fired tear gas shells to control the crowd during the stone-pelting incident. Police also claimed that some protesters were seen brandishing swords and khukris (traditional curved knives) during the violence. Consequently, security forces maintained extra vigilance and took necessary steps to control the crowd.
118 Police Personnel Injured In Clash With CJP protesters
Earlier on Monday, more than 118 police personnel, including several senior officers, were injured and around 70 protesters were detained on Monday, as Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) "Sansad Chalo" protest march turned violent in the New Delhi area.
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Delhi Police released a statement mentioning these figures and their account, accusing protesters of displaying "unruly, aggressive and violent behaviour" during the protest and attacking security personnel, damaging government vehicles and public property.
"During today's protest by CJP in the New Delhi area, the protesters displayed unruly, aggressive and violent behaviour. Despite repeated warnings and lawful directions issued by the police, they refused to disperse and deliberately violated the prohibitory orders in force," read the police statement.
The protesters attacked police personnel with stones and other objects, attempted to breach police barricades, vandalised police and other government vehicles, damaged public property, and resorted to large-scale violence, posing a serious threat to public order, the security arrangements in place, and the safety of police personnel performing their lawful duties, it read.
Police said more than 118 police personnel sustained injuries in the violence, including senior officers of the ranks of Special Commissioner of Police, Joint Commissioner of Police, Additional Commissioner of Police, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police and Assistant Commissioner of Police, besides several women police personnel.
"During the scuffle, around 60 protesters were also reported to get injured. The medico-legal examination (MLC) of the remaining injured police personnel is underway," the statement said.
(With PTI/Jagran.com Inputs)