India, Feb. 16 -- A protest against a local landfill site turned violent on Sunday afternoon in Meerpur Hindu village in Loni as farmers and police personnel engaged in a heated confrontation, leading to alleged stone pelting and police lathi-charge, injuring both farmers and cops. The unrest began when local residents reportedly broke open the main gates of the dumping ground to stage a sit-in. The situation later escalated, resulting in alleged injuries to both police and farmers and a war of words on social media.

The protesters alleged that police launched a brutal lathi-charge to disperse the crowd. A farmer named Manoj Kumar claimed that approximately 50 to 60 protesters sustained injuries on their hands and heads.

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