A police sub inspector Sandhya Topno (32) was on the examine submit to conduct car checking after the police acquired a tip-off about cattle being transported from Gumla, illegally.
Ranchi SSP Kaushal Kishore stated that police acquired a tip off {that a} van illegally carrying cattle was coming from Gumla space in direction of Tupudana.
“Topno, who was on night time patrolling responsibility, was requested to conduct car checking on the street. Her group stopped the autos and began checking when a decide up van immediately got here in direction of the police and hit her straight,” he stated.
Injured Topno was rushed to the hospital the place she succumbed to her accidents. The car later overturned on the street and was seized by the police. Police have arrested the driving force whereas one other individual fled away from the spot.
The incident took a political flip with BJP accusing the state authorities of patronising unlawful cattle merchants.
BJP state president Deepak Prakash accused the Hemant Soren authorities of going mushy in opposition to the smugglers on account of which the criminals have turn out to be daring to assault even legislation enforcers.