Patna: A total of seven policemen of the raiding team led queen pond Police Station Vimlesh Kumar Paswan He was injured after he was allegedly assaulted by sand smugglers in Barer Tola of Rani Talab police station area of Paliganj subdivision in the west. Patna Friday in broad daylight.
On receiving information about illegal sand mining and its transportation, the team had left for the Son river.
Later the police raided Tola and recovered a large quantity of smuggled IMLF and country liquor from the houses of two persons involved in the attack.
The incident shows the morale of sand smugglers, even when the state government launched a massive crackdown on illegal sand mining activity last month.
According to police, the river flows barely a kilometer away from where the raiding team was attacked. The incident happened around 8 in the morning.
Besides the SHO, the other injured police personnel are assistant sub-inspector Naresh Kumar, constables including Kishun Dev, Jitendra Prasad Yadav and Tarkeshwar Singh, special assistant police (driver) Umendra Singh and a chowkidar Hridayanand.
The police team was first pelted with stones for stopping a tractor laden with sand that was illegally mined from Sone.
Later, sand smugglers, including women, gathered from Tola and his associates by phone and beat up the raiding team members with sticks and sticks and chased them.
In view of the scenario, senior officials were informed and forces from neighboring police stations like Paliganj, Bikram and Dulhin Bazar were dispatched to the spot.
To control the situation, Paliganj SPDO Ajay Kumar, Bikram Circle Inspector and other senior officers available in the sub-division also reached the spot.
Rani Talab SHO Paswan said that mithilesh Yadav, Sadhu Yadav and at least a dozen others from Barer are evading arrest.
“It was they who pelted stones and then attacked us with batons. Mithilesh was with the tractor. He is also an accused in another case of sand smuggling and attacking the police. He was presently out on bail,” he said.
The SHO said that all of them had stopped the tractor laden with sand that all the occupants started pelting bricks and stones lying near the spot.
“Raids were conducted on Mithilesh, Sadhu and many others in the village. A large quantity of IMFL and country liquor were recovered from the houses of both.
Paswan said that at present additional forces have been deployed in the village and the process of registering an FIR against all the attackers is on. He said that raids are being conducted to arrest the accused.
On receiving information about illegal sand mining and its transportation, the team had left for the Son river.
Later the police raided Tola and recovered a large quantity of smuggled IMLF and country liquor from the houses of two persons involved in the attack.
The incident shows the morale of sand smugglers, even when the state government launched a massive crackdown on illegal sand mining activity last month.
According to police, the river flows barely a kilometer away from where the raiding team was attacked. The incident happened around 8 in the morning.
Besides the SHO, the other injured police personnel are assistant sub-inspector Naresh Kumar, constables including Kishun Dev, Jitendra Prasad Yadav and Tarkeshwar Singh, special assistant police (driver) Umendra Singh and a chowkidar Hridayanand.
The police team was first pelted with stones for stopping a tractor laden with sand that was illegally mined from Sone.
Later, sand smugglers, including women, gathered from Tola and his associates by phone and beat up the raiding team members with sticks and sticks and chased them.
In view of the scenario, senior officials were informed and forces from neighboring police stations like Paliganj, Bikram and Dulhin Bazar were dispatched to the spot.
To control the situation, Paliganj SPDO Ajay Kumar, Bikram Circle Inspector and other senior officers available in the sub-division also reached the spot.
Rani Talab SHO Paswan said that mithilesh Yadav, Sadhu Yadav and at least a dozen others from Barer are evading arrest.
“It was they who pelted stones and then attacked us with batons. Mithilesh was with the tractor. He is also an accused in another case of sand smuggling and attacking the police. He was presently out on bail,” he said.
The SHO said that all of them had stopped the tractor laden with sand that all the occupants started pelting bricks and stones lying near the spot.
“Raids were conducted on Mithilesh, Sadhu and many others in the village. A large quantity of IMFL and country liquor were recovered from the houses of both.
Paswan said that at present additional forces have been deployed in the village and the process of registering an FIR against all the attackers is on. He said that raids are being conducted to arrest the accused.
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