Hours after a person was allegedly killed in custody in Bihar’s Katihar district on Saturday, a gaggle of villagers attacked a police station, critically injuring seven policemen, together with two station in-charges (SHOs). .
Hundreds of villagers created a ruckus at Pranpur police station and broken automobiles parked within the premises after 40-year-old Pramod Kumar Singh was discovered useless within the lockup. He was arrested on Friday for conserving liquor bottles in dry Bihar.
The two injured SHOs have been recognized as Manitosh Kumar of Pranpur police station and Shailesh Kumar of Dandkohra police station, a senior official mentioned.
“All the injured policemen have been admitted to the district hospital in Katihar and their condition is stated to be stable. The situation is completely under control and our teams are camping in the area,” mentioned Acting Superintendent of Police (SP) Daya Shankar.
“The body was found when the police officers were preparing documents to produce Singh in the court,” Shankar claimed.
As the information of Singh’s dying unfold, villagers attacked the police station armed with sticks and iron rods and injured policemen.
“The scenario may very well be introduced beneath management solely after further safety personnel have been known as from the closest police stations. Shailesh Kumar was concerned within the reinforcements. Seven policemen, together with two SHOs, have acquired accidents.
Singh’s physique has been despatched for autopsy and a case has been registered in opposition to those that attacked the policemen, he mentioned.
The Bihar authorities on April 5, 2016 banned the manufacture, commerce, storage, transport, sale, consumption of liquor within the state and made it a punishable offense for these violating the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act 2016, which has been until now. Has been amended many instances. ,
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
