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After Congress protestors assault policewoman, Odisha cops up in arms
Updated : Sep 7, 2012
A day after a woman cop was beaten by a rampaging mob of protesting Congress workers in Bhubaneswar, the Odisha Police Association has threatened to protest if the attackers are not arrested within 48 hours. On Thursday, a crowd of more than 25,000 Congress workers tried to storm the Odisha Assembly to demand the resignation of Chief Minister Navin Patnaik for what they allege is his involvement in the coal block allocation scam that has rocked Parliament as well. Though the police had prepared for the protest by calling in for reinforcements in advance, the state's director general of police Prakash Mishra said that his force was not ready for the organised hooliganism that broke out. DGP Mishra said the crowd had come armed with sticks and stones and that his officers handled the situation with as little force as possible.