Cop attacked during liquor raid

Rajkot: A police constable of Bedi Marine police station in Jamnagar was attacked by a mob in near-by Vibhapar village on Saturday night when he went to conduct a liquor raid .

The cop, Sanjaysinh Rathod, had received information that three persons were consuming liquor. On reaching there, he found Mukesh Makwana, Kanti Makwana and an unidentified person having a booze party and started taking their photos and videos on his mobile phone.

Seeing Rathod, they lost their cool and manhandled him. Rathod said that Kanti pushed him down and the two others called out other villagers to attack him. A mob of over two dozen men gathered and thrashed Rathod, but he managed to escape from there. The mob even chased him and Rathod hid himself in the house of a priest nearby and locked himself up. The crowd then pelt stones on the house and shattered its windows and damaged the door.

Meanwhile, Rathod called police station to seek help. A few minutes later, as additional force arrived, the group dispersed. Later, he lodged a complaint of assault, causing hurt, criminal intimidation and rioting against 25 to 30 people.