Five policemen injured in mob attack in Bihar's Bhagalpur, third assault in 5 days

NEW DELHI: Five policemen, including a sub-inspector, were injured in an attack by a mob in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, officials said on Sunday.

The incident occurred in Antichak, under Kahalgaon sub-division, on Saturday night when a police team responded to a clash between two groups.

This marks the third attack on police personnel in Bihar within five days.

On Saturday, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) died after being assaulted in Munger district, while another policeman lost his life following a scuffle with a mob in Araria on Wednesday.

Among those injured in Bhagalpur were a sub-inspector, three constables, and a chowkidar, officials said.

"The police team had gone to intervene in a brawl between two boys that had escalated. One of the boys hurled stones at the team, following which locals also started pelting stones," said Antichak Station House Officer (SHO) Ashutosh Kumar.

Additional forces were rushed to the area, and the situation was brought under control, he added. The injured policemen were taken to a government hospital for treatment.

"The prime accused managed to flee the scene. Local magistrate Sanjeev Choudhary was present at the time of the incident. Based on his statement, a case has been registered, and a search operation is underway to apprehend the accused," SHO Kumar said.

Earlier on Saturday, ASI Santosh Kumar Singh died from injuries sustained in a mob attack in Munger’s Nandlalpur village, under the Mufassil police station area.

Singh was part of a police team that had gone to the village on Friday to investigate a scuffle. He was attacked with a sharp weapon on his head by a group of intoxicated men. He succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Patna on Saturday.