Sullia: Police on Tuesday afternoon resorted to lathi charge to bring the situation under control when the activists of Hindutva groups, gheraoed BJP State President and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Minister Sunil Kumar, S Angara during the funeral procession of Praveen Nettaru.

Nalin Kumar Kateel along with Minister Sunil Kumar and S Angara had arrived for the funeral procession of Praveen who was murdered on Tuesday night by unidentified assailants.

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The activists surrounded the car of Nalin Kumar Kateel and questioned him why the party was failing to save its workers despite having its government in state and Centre both.

Reports of stone-pelting were also reported when the funeral procession reached Praveen's house, following which the cops resorted to lathi charge to control the situation. Several people have sustained injuries in the lathi charge, reports added.

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Rampur (UP) (PTI): An unidentified vehicle rammed into an ambulance that was taking to Punjab the bodies of three suspected terrorists of the 'Khalistan Zindabad Force' killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit, police said on Wednesday.

No one was hurt in the incident that occurred on the Rampur bypass on Tuesday night, but the ambulance was damaged following which the bodies were shifted to another vehicle, they said.

Rampur District Superintendent of Police Vidyasagar Mishra said that the ambulance carrying the bodies of three suspected terrorists from Pilibhit to Punjab was hit by the unknown vehicle on the Rampur bypass late Tuesday night.

There was no casualty in the incident, he said.

As soon as they received information about the accident, Rampur police rushed to the site and the three bodies were shifted from the damaged vehicle to another ambulance, he said.

A joint team of Punjab Police and Uttar Pradesh Police killed the three suspected terrorists, who were allegedly involved in a grenade attack on a police post in Gurdaspur, in an encounter in Pilibhit's Puranpur on Monday.