An accused today attacked police with knife and even threw a burning cloth at Policemen inside the collectorate. The entire atmosphere turned tense and a lot of policemen gathered to control the accused.

The accused even threw chilly powder on policemen during the commotion. Police finally managed to bring the man under control and took him to custody.

As per information received, the accused had brought a bottle of petrol with him after a dharna that was staged outside the collectorate. He tried to attack police with chilly powder and burning cloth. He also attacked policemen with knife in which head constable Devi Kishan suffered injury in his hand.

Police arrested the accused and recovered 2 knives from him.

The accused had in past also thrown hot “dal” on Police.