3 cops injured in attack

Nagpur: Three policemen were injured after they were attacked by nine people when they had gone to stop the DJ, which was running late into the night at Ramnagar area in New Kamptee on Tuesday night.

This is the second incident of police being attacked in the Kamptee area in recent times. The injured have been identified as Rajendra Taklikar, Upendra Yadav and Sudhir Kanojia. In this case, the New Kamptee police arrested three persons for obstructing government work by assembling in an illegal congregation.

The police control room informed the New Kamptee police regarding loud music being played in Ramanagar area around 10.30pm. Upon receiving the information, constables Moreshwar Dupare, Rajendra Taklikar, Upendra Yadav and Sudhir Kanojia went there and stopped the music. Upset, Akash Deshpande, Badal Deshbhratar, Chandrasekhar Phule, Sunita Deshpande, Shraddha alias Pooja Deshpande, Priyanka Deshbhratar, Deepmala Wasnik, Kajal Sharma, Sanjeevani Phule and DJ player Abhinav Vahane started hurling stones at the police team. In the melee, three cops sustained minor injuries. A woman bit one of the police personnel. Additional police force from New Kamptee police reached there and rushed the injured to hospital. The cops also arrested Akash Deshpande, Badal Deshbhratar and Chandrasekhar Phule.