Bihar: Three policemen injured in mob attack

Three policemen were injured in an attack by village residents at Tarwan Mushari locality under Parsa police station in Patna when they reached there to arrest alleged liquor smugglers on Monday night

Three policemen were injured in an attack by village residents at Tarwan Mushari locality under Parsa police station in Patna when they reached there to arrest alleged liquor smugglers on Monday night.

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The injured policemen have been identified as ASI Vijay Narayan Singh, constable Prem Kumar and a home guard jawan. Soon after the incident, the police half a dozen people for interrogation.

Police said that the incident happened around 9pm as they reached the Tarwan Mushari locality to “arrest liquor smugglers.”

“As the villagers saw police arriving, they started pelting stones in which three policemen were injured. The attackers also snatched an SLR rifle from a policeman and escaped,” a police officer said. Later, they recovered the looted SRL rifle, besides 20 live cartridges and liquor.

Meanwhile, locals alleged that the police used to collect money from them in the name of continuous raids. “The police team came late on Monday night in the village to collect money from the liquor traders. When they refused to pay, the policemen entered many houses and misbehaved with women,” a village resident said.

Police have lodged an FIR and raids are on to arrest the attackers, ASP (Sadar) Sandeep Singh said.

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