t least 17 persons were held and 400 booked after a mob of sword-wielding Sikhs attacked policemen, injuring at least four of them, in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Monday. <br /> <br />Policemen were allegedly attacked after permission was denied to hold a public procession in Nanded due to the coronavirus pandemic, an official said. <br /> <br />“Seventeen persons have been detained by Nanded police in connection with the assault on policemen vandalism outside Nanded Gurdwara yesterday [Monday]. Police registered FIR under charges of rioting attempt to murder against several unknown persons," police officials told ANI.
