Raipur: Chhattisgarh police have filed an FIR against more than 100 BJP leaders and workers for injuries to police staff and damage to public property during a protest at the Raipur Municipal Corporation office on December 29.
A lady DSP, who suffered a cut in the neck, was among those injured in the violent stir at the head office of the RMC, reports Times of India.
Around 5,000 Opposition BJP workers had protested on December 29, accusing the RMC of corruption and failing to provide amenities to the residents of the city. The protesters were led by senior leaders like Brijmohan Agarwal, MP Sunil Soni and Rajesh Munat.
With the protest ending in a fight, the BJP and the police accused each other of launching the assault.
The police said that the protesters attacked the cops and manhandled the lady staff, along with trying to tear the uniforms of the cops.
Vinay Mishra, commissioner of the RMC Zone-4, complained to the police that the BJP protesters vandalized the head office building of the RMC and damaged government property. When the cops tried to stop the workers, the latter abused and attacked the police, the commissioner added.
He has said in his complaint that a constable was injured near the ear, a lady constable was struck on the eye with a wet clay ball, while another lady cop was also attacked.
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New Delhi, Nov 14: India has successfully completed the flight-tests of guided Pinaka weapon system as part of a set of validation trials.
During these tests, the Provisional Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) parameters, viz., ranging, accuracy, consistency and rate of fire for multiple target engagement in a salvo mode have been assessed by extensive testing of rockets, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
"Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully completed the flight-tests of Guided Pinaka Weapon System as part of Provisional Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) validation trials," it said.
The flight-tests have been conducted in three phases at different field firing ranges.
"Twelve rockets from each production agency from two in-service Pinaka launchers upgraded by the launcher production agencies have been tested," the statement said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has complimented the DRDO and the Indian Army for the successful PSQR validation trials of the system and stated that the induction of this Guided Pinaka Weapon System will further boost the artillery fire power of the Armed Forces, it said.
The precision strike variant for Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System is a totally indigenous weapon system designed and developed by Armament Research and Development Establishment in association with Research Centre Imarat, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and Proof & Experimental Establishment with Munitions India Limited and Economic Explosives Limited as production agencies for ammunition and Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Larsen & Toubro for Pinaka launcher and Battery Command Post.
Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO, Samir V Kamat, also congratulated the teams associated with the trials and said the rocket system has "completed all pre-requisite flight trials before induction into the Indian Army".
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