Overview
- After a Mahapanchayat, protesters used tractors to break the boundary of the under-construction Dune Ethanol plant near Rathi Kheda and entered the site.
- About 10 vehicles were torched and machinery was vandalised, with officials reporting that some of the damaged vehicles included police units.
- Police used lathi-charge and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd, leaving several people injured, including around a dozen personnel.
- Congress MLA Abhimanyu Poonia was injured at the protest and taken to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial District Hospital for evaluation.
- Authorities shut internet services in Tibbi and nearby villages, ordered schools and shops closed, and enforced prohibitory orders with heavy deployment including Border Home Guard units, as farmers demand the plant be shifted.