Patna: Overall, seven police personnel were injured in pissing stones with sand smugglers in Teach under the Rani Talab police station in Paliganj subdivision in West Patna around 8am on Friday.
The police team, led by Rani Talab Police Station Sho Vimless Kumar Paswan, was attacked during a raid to receive information about illegal sand mining and transportation from the Sone River.
The police then raided the hamlet and recovered a large amount of liquor from both of his homes was accused.
The river flowed almost one kilometer away from the place where the raid team was attacked, police said.
Besides Sho, another injured police personnel were assistant sub-inspector Naresh Kumar, Constable Kishun Dev, Jitendra Prasad Yadav and Tarkeshwar Singh, additional police (driver) Umendra Singh and Chowkidar Hridanialand.
The police team was first circled with rocks when they intercepted the tractor loaded with sand which was illegally mined from the Sone.
Sand smugglers, including women, from hamlets gathered and attacked the raid team with stones, sticks and stems.
When he gets information, senior officers rushed reinforcements from the neighboring police station in Paliganj, Bikram and Dulhin Bazaar to the place.
Paliganj Spdo Ajay Kumar also reached the place.
Rani Talab Sho said Mithilesh Yadav, Sadhu Yadav and at least a dozen others from Berar were avoiding arrest.
“They pelted stones and attacked us with a stick.
Mithilesh with a tractor.
He was accused of the case of sand smuggling and attacked the police.
He is currently guaranteed,” said Paswan.
Sho said when they stopped the sand tractor-loaded, the residents first began to throw stones and bricks lying near the place.
“Raids were carried out in Mithilesh, Sadhu and several other houses in the village.
Liquor IMFL and the countrymade in large quantities recovered from the duo residence,” he said.
Paswan said additional strength had been deployed in the village.
A pine has been submitted against all attackers.
The state government has tried hard to stop illegal sand mining and smuggling.
Two IPS officers and several other officers had just been suspended because of their alleged Nexus with sand smugglers.