After the death of a 50-year-old man during a raid in Bihar's Vaishali district on Saturday, angry villagers pelted stones at the police, injuring a constable. Officials said police resorted to mild lathicharge to disperse the crowd. According to the statement issued by the district police, this incident took place in a village in Mahua area when the police conducted a raid.
According to the statement, the police had received information that some people of the village were doing illegal liquor business, after which the police raided the village. Seeing the police, a person named Rajendra Paswan (50) started trying to run away. But he fell and died on the spot.
Seeing this, the villagers attacked the policemen and pelted stones at them, injuring a police constable, the statement said. They also damaged a police vehicle. The policeman was taken hostage there. The statement said that the body of the deceased has been sent to the hospital for post-mortem and the matter is being investigated.
Police said that one person died due to the fall. As soon as information about the incident was received, angry people attacked the police force. The mob was seen taking the police away by their collar. As soon as information about the incident was received, Mahua SDPO Surabh Suman reached the spot, where she folded hands and explained to the angry people. But angry people also vandalized the police vehicle. Also created a huge ruckus with arson on the road.
After this, the police resorted to lathi charge, in which the miscreants were chased and beaten. Then the police took the body in their custody and sent it to Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. Vaishali SP Har Kishore Rai said that on Saturday morning, ASI Bhuneshwar Ram of Mahua police station patrol and constable of the patrol team had reached Jalalpur Gagti after receiving information from Prohibition Toll Free. Then, seeing the police vehicle that had come for investigation, an old man started running away. The distance between the police and the person was about 250 meters. The said person fell while running away and died there.
Deceased Rajendra Paswan (50) father late. Mahavir Paswan, village Karhatiya elder, police station-Katahara has been mentioned. Due to this, the villagers assaulted the police force and the glass of the government vehicle was broken by pelting stones. During the fight, a constable of the patrol team suffered minor injuries and is undergoing treatment at Sub-Divisional Hospital, Mahua. The situation is under control after the arrival of police force. Police officers and additional forces are present at the spot. Action is being taken.
