PATNA: In a bid to get the anti-corona jab, villagers fought with each other, sparking a massive clash at a primary health centre of Aurangabad's Dev block in Bihar on Saturday.
Eyewitnesses said more than 850 people turned out at a single health centre in the hope of getting the vaccination.
"The villagers of Dev and adjoining areas came to the health centre and formed a long queue outside. Soon, they became out of control in absence of police personnel and began pushing one another. Moreover, a group of people tried to jump into the queue which eventually turned into a massive fight between them, " said Sunil Kumar, a villager of Dev.
He said that 12 village panchayats fall under the Dev block and a majority of the villlagers come to the centre to get the vaccine.
"The scare of corona has made people scared and desperate. The villagers kicked and punched each other in a bid to enter the centre in a gross violation of Covid protocols. It was complete chaos at the centre, " said Rajeshwar Singh, the village head of Dev.
"The doctors of the hospital informed us about the incident. We immediately sent a police team to the centre and calmed the villagers down. Some of the villagers have been injured in this incident, " said a sub-inspector rank officer requesting anonymity.