Lakhisarai (Bihar), Nov 8 Four police personnel, including a female constable, were injured after a group of people attacked a police team during a raid on a premises involved in illegal liquor trade and gambling in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district on Sunday, an officer said.
The incident occurred in Balgudar village under the jurisdiction of the Town police station.
The team had gone to the village following a tip-off about illegal liquor trading and gambling activities when some people attacked the personnel, Town police station SHO Ashok Kumar said.
Four members of the team — Sub-Inspector Bhagwan Thakur and Constables Amit Kumar Jha, Jitendra Paswan and Ruchi Kumari — were injured in the attack.
An FIR was registered against 19 named accused and 20-25 unidentified people in connection with the incident, Kumar said.
Police have so far arrested 12 accused, while raids are underway to apprehend the remaining suspects, the SHO said.
The state government enacted the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act in 2016 to ban manufacture, sale, possession, transport, and consumption of alcohol across the state.
(PTI News)
