Police administration, which included senior officers in full riot gear, were deployed in full strength and held a flag march.Tonk Superintendent of Police Vikas Sangwan gave the final direction to the police team to enter the village and take Meena in its custody.Police fired teargas shells to disperse the agitated mob after Meena’s arrest.Some also pelted stones at the police but no injuries were reported.Alleged supporters of Meena blocked the roads, which were removed.”It could be anyone, the government is strict with those who commit crime. We are getting the entire incident investigated and asked for a report and soon action will be taken against those who are guilty,” said Minister of State for Home Jawahar Singh Bedham.According to Inspector General of Police (Ajmer) Om Prakash, four cases, including for disrupting public work and damaging public property, were registered against Meena.It all started when Chaudhary, who was on election duty, was trying to get people to vote in the village, which had boycotted polling over a demand that Samravta be included in Uniara sub-division instead of Deoli.Meena was supporting the villagers.Hundreds of people were present outside the polling station when it happened.Meena later sat on a dharna outside a polling booth and asked his supporters to gather with sticks.After polling was over, police asked Meena and his supporters to disperse so the polling party could leave the station with EVM machines.However, police said, they turned violent and pelted stones at police.Before his arrest, Meena blamed Tonk District Collector Saumya Jha and SP Sangwan for what had happened.”All 60 people who have been arrested are innocent. If anyone should be punished, it should be me,” he said, alleging that the SDM on election duty had been working on the directions of the BJP.”He got 30 people to vote by threatening them to take action against them. I could not stop myself. I slapped him. It is correct. Seeing his nature, he should have been slapped more.” RAS Association General Secretary Neetu Rajeshwar told PTI that what had happened was intolerable.”Such an incident is not tolerable. SDM Amit Chaudhary was slapped when he was doing his election duty fairly. The association is on a pen-down strike on Thursday. We will call off the strike after a representation with the chief minister on other demands. All our demands are constitutional. We don’t want to let the public work suffer,” Rajeshwar said.Polling for bypolls on seven assembly seats, including Deoli-Uniara, was held yesterday from 7 am to 6 pm and counting will take place on November 23.
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