MP: Two booked under NSA for attacking cop on lockdown duty

Ratlam (MP), May 10 () Police in Madhya Pradesh'sRatlam on Sunday booked two persons under the stringentNational Security Act (NSA) for assaulting a police sub-inspector while he was enforcing coronavirus-induced lockdownin a containment zone in the city, a senior officer said.

A group of 20 people had attacked the sub-inspectorJairam Jamod on Friday night, district superintendent ofpolice (SP) Gaurav Tiwari said.

"Jamod had received information that some people hadstarted gathering at a crossing in Mochipur containment area.He rushed to the spot and made an announcement on a speakerphone asking people to stay indoors when he was attacked. Avolunteer, identified as Suhail who tried to save the SI, wasalso beaten up," he said.

Police have registered a case against 20 people andarrested 11 of them, the SP said, adding that two of them werebooked under the NSA.

A video clip of the assault had gone viral on socialmedia. COR LAL NSK NSK