Mangaldoi (Assam), December 23: Police fired 50 rounds in the air to disperse a mob which brickbatted Udalguri police station and damaged its furniture today to protest against alleged misbehaviour by policemen with a local.
Official sources said the police fired as thousands of people surrounded the police station and threw stones at it breaking window panes and damaging furniture.
The villagers were irked with frisking by police near Mangaldoi town during which the forces allegedly misbehaved with a Seema Sashastra Bal jawan, who was a local resident.
The situation was brought under control after the firing, the sources said, adding that police personnel have been rushed to the area.
–Agencies