Bihar: 4 cops hurt in Vaishali mob attack

PATNA: At least four police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), were seriously injured when a mob attacked them at Sarsai village under the Sarai police station area in Vaishali district around 2am on Friday.
A police patrolling vehicle was also damaged in the attack.
The incident took place when two groups of people were engaged in an altercation following a dispute over land.A member of the group led by Umesh Sahni was detained by another group led by Raju Singh.
When the police team led by ASI Kapildeo rescued Umesh Sahni and was about to leave for the police station in the police patrolling car, the supporters of Sahni attacked the police team and set Umesh free.
The cops were pelted with stones in which four of them were injured.
SHO of Sarai police station Sunita Kumari said raids were on to nab the accused. “The police had gone to the village after being informed about an altercation between two rival groups,” she told TOI over the phone.