A seven-member police team was attacked and a police sub-inspector was held captive and assaulted in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district earlier this week, leading to 10 people, including a mother and daughter, being booked. The incident took place in Dewar Kanchan village on Wednesday night.
On October 31, a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged at Junavai police station by Sub-Inspector Sunil Kumar Bhati, who claimed he and six other personnel, including a woman constable, were attacked when they went to Dewar Kanchan village following information of a clash between two groups over a trivial issue on October 30.
“The son of a dairy owner, Rajpal Sharma, had informed the police that a few locals had a row with the driver of a milk delivery van over parking of the vehicle. The arguments took a violent turn as enraged locals beat the driver. We reached the village to quell the trouble but the villagers attacked us and held me captive,” Bhati said in the FIR.
He added that the accused attacked the police team with bricks and held him captive after tearing off his uniform. “They threatened that they would level the fabricated charge of rape on me if I dared to lodge the FIR,” he said. Bhati was freed after more police personnel arrived at the village and chased the villagers away.
“The villagers attacked the police team and held one of them captive. We have booked 10 people and are trying to identify more. Anyone attacking the police will be dealt with strictly,” Krishna Kumar Vishnoi, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sambhal, said.
The police said the accused have been booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) which also include sections 191(2) for rioting, 351 (criminal intimidation), 109 (attempted murder), 121(2) for causing grievous hurt to public servant while they are performing their duties and 127 (wrongful confinement).
“The injured police personnel were rushed to the local health clinic in the village. They did not suffer major injuries. No arrest has been made so far. We are conducting raids to nab all the accused,” SP Vishnoi said.
