Indian police officers attacked each other with bamboo canes while on duty

Two officers from Uttar Pradesh’s Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), a state police unit that is controversial for its handling of communal riots, assaulted each other with lathis while on duty in Lucknow at a function attended by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The two policemen, head constable Mukund Chandra Yadav and constable Sunil Dixit of the 10th battalion of the force, bled profusely following their clash in the presence of the media outside the Indira Gandhi Pratishtan where the Chief Minister was meeting industrialists.

The policemen, now suspended, suffered serious head injuries and were taken to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. An FIR has been lodged against the duo and they are likely to be arrested after they are released from hospital.

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According to the police, it all started when Yadav alleged Dixit was missing at his duty point during the Chief Minister’s visit. After a heated argument over the issue, they were asked to go to their duty points by their seniors. The clash ended after the intervention of PAC company commander Keshav Nath.