Lucknow: Hazratganj police on Friday arrested three homeguards involved in allegedly manhandling the deputy inspector general (DIG) of homeguards, Mahaveer Singh on July 30.

Those arrested are homeguards, Shiv Saran Pandey, Lalji Yadav and Harendra Singh. The incident occurred when the DIG went to address the concerns of the homeguards protesting on dharna sthal for their unfulfilled demands.

The three homeguards were arrested near the Capital cinema hall in Hazratganj.

On the day of the incident, the homeguards in the heat of the discussion lost their calm and allegedly manhandled the DIG. Initially on the day, the DIG did not lodge any complaint with the police but after two days got the complaint registered against them.

Police after getting the case registered earlier also arrested three homeguards and it was the second time on Friday that arrests in the case were made.