Overview
- Raigarh police said two men have been arrested after a December 27 video, shared widely by the All India Mahila Congress, showed a woman constable being attacked and her clothes torn.
- Investigators have booked the accused on charges including molestation, attempt to murder, loot and related offences, and the probe remains active.
- Bilaspur range IG Sanjeev Shukla said two more suspects are in custody for interrogation and three others are absconding as identifications continue from digital evidence.
- The district administration has initiated steps to cancel the record of the December 8 public hearing for the Gare Palma Sector‑I coal block allotted to Jindal Power Limited.
- The assault occurred during protests by residents from roughly 14 villages that escalated on December 27 into stone‑pelting, arson of vehicles and damage at a Jindal coal handling plant, with multiple police personnel reported injured.