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2 policemen stabbed to death in Bhiwandi

Bhiwandi (Maharashtra): Two policemen were murdered and set afire by a mob after two persons were killed in police firing in the curfew-bound textile town of Bhiwandi during violent protests against construction of a police station next to a mosque.

Authorities stopped the construction even as curfew remained in force in the town, where tension continued to run high for the second day on Thursday. Head constable Ramesh Jagtap and constable B.N. Gangurde of Narpoli police station were stabbed to death near Kotara Gate locality and later set afire on Wednesday night, police said, adding the mutilated bodies of the two were found nearly 500 metres from the mosque.

Eight companies of the State Reserve Police, two companies of the Rapid Action Force and 800 policemen have been posted in the city. Cases were registered but no arrests have been made.

— PTI

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