A police workforce that went to arrest a person in Bihar’s Darbhanga district was allegedly attacked by the accused’s household and different locals on Saturday, resulting in large clashes between them. The incident passed off within the Laheriyasarai space when the household of the accused, Jitendra Yadav – who was reportedly an accused in a dowry case – tried to free him from the arrest.
A video of the incident exhibits a big group of mob throwing stones on the police officers and attempting to grab their weapons. Additionally they tried to dam the primary highway by burning tyres to forestall the police from reaching the accused’s home.
Three officers, together with two sub-inspectors and a constable, have been injured within the incident. They’ve been taken to a hospital for therapy.
“The incident passed off within the Abhanda space underneath the jurisdiction of Laheriasarai police station when a police workforce went to arrest an individual towards whom a warrant was issued by a courtroom. The members of the family of the accused and different locals abruptly attacked the police workforce… in addition they forcibly freed the accused,” Darbhanga (Sadar) Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Amit Kumar, mentioned.
In keeping with the police, a workforce of further safety personnel was despatched to the world to cease the assault and disperse the gang.
“The locals tried pushing kids within the crowd…so we didn’t hearth again at them a lot. They pelted stones on the safety personnel. Nevertheless, the scenario was introduced underneath management after delicate use of power,” Kumar mentioned.
The police have detained 5 individuals, together with the person towards whom the arrest warrant was issued.
A case has been registered and the matter is being additional investigated, officers mentioned.