By way of PTI
KATIHAR: Seven policemen, together with two station area officials (SHOs), have been severely injured after a gaggle of villagers attacked a police station in Bihar’s Katihar district on Saturday, hours after the loss of life of a person allegedly in custody.
Loads of villagers went on a rampage in Pranpur Police Station and broken cars parked at the premises after 40-year-old Pramod Kumar Singh used to be discovered useless within the lockup.
He used to be arrested on Friday for possessing bottles of liquor in dry Bihar. The 2 injured SHOs had been known as Manitosh Kumar of Pranpur Police Station and Shailesh Kumar of Dandkohra Police Station, a senior officer stated.
“All of the injured policemen had been admitted to the district clinic in Katihar and their situation is mentioned to be solid. The location is totally underneath keep an eye on and our groups are tenting within the house,” Performing Superintendent of Police (SP) Daya Shankar stated.
“The frame used to be discovered because the law enforcement officials have been getting ready paperwork to provide Singh sooner than a court docket,” Shankar claimed.
As the scoop of Singh’s loss of life unfold, villagers armed with sticks and iron rods attacked the police station and injured the policemen.
“The location may just simplest be introduced underneath keep an eye on after further safety group of workers have been referred to as in from the closest police stations. Shailesh Kumar used to be a number of the reinforcements. Seven policemen, together with two SHOs, have sustained accidents,” he stated.
Singh’s frame has been despatched for autopsy exam and a case registered in opposition to those that attacked the policemen, he added.
The Bihar govt on April 5, 2016 banned the manufacture, industry, garage, transportation, sale, and intake of liquor within the state and made it a punishable offence for the ones violating the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 which has thus far been amended a number of occasions.
KATIHAR: Seven policemen, together with two station area officials (SHOs), have been severely injured after a gaggle of villagers attacked a police station in Bihar’s Katihar district on Saturday, hours after the loss of life of a person allegedly in custody.
Loads of villagers went on a rampage in Pranpur Police Station and broken cars parked at the premises after 40-year-old Pramod Kumar Singh used to be discovered useless within the lockup.
He used to be arrested on Friday for possessing bottles of liquor in dry Bihar. The 2 injured SHOs had been known as Manitosh Kumar of Pranpur Police Station and Shailesh Kumar of Dandkohra Police Station, a senior officer stated.
“All of the injured policemen had been admitted to the district clinic in Katihar and their situation is mentioned to be solid. The location is totally underneath keep an eye on and our groups are tenting within the house,” Performing Superintendent of Police (SP) Daya Shankar stated.
“The frame used to be discovered because the law enforcement officials have been getting ready paperwork to provide Singh sooner than a court docket,” Shankar claimed.
As the scoop of Singh’s loss of life unfold, villagers armed with sticks and iron rods attacked the police station and injured the policemen.
“The location may just simplest be introduced underneath keep an eye on after further safety group of workers have been referred to as in from the closest police stations. Shailesh Kumar used to be a number of the reinforcements. Seven policemen, together with two SHOs, have sustained accidents,” he stated.
Singh’s frame has been despatched for autopsy exam and a case registered in opposition to those that attacked the policemen, he added.
The Bihar govt on April 5, 2016 banned the manufacture, industry, garage, transportation, sale, and intake of liquor within the state and made it a punishable offence for the ones violating the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016 which has thus far been amended a number of occasions.